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Prudentópolis is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Paraná, in Southern Brazil. As of 2020, it had a population of 52,513 people.

Prudentópolis Prudentópolis
Municipality
Entrance to Prudentópolis.
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Nickname(s):  Pequena Ucrânia (Little Ukraine)
Prudentópolis Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 25°12′46″S 50°58′40″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southern
State	Paraná
Mesoregion	Sudeste Paranaense
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	52,513
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Website	https://www.prudentopolis.pr.gov.br/

It is the center of the Ukrainian community in Brazil. The Ukrainian city Ternopil is the sister city to Prudentópolis.

Moreover, the town is surrounded by 100 waterfalls, which also attracts many tourists.[2]

History

In 1882, the project of the construction of roads in central Paraná attracted the first families to the region. Firmo Mendes de Queiroz, descended from bandeirantes, settled there, living on agriculture. He built a chapel, giving birth to a place called "Vilinha" (Little Village) by its inhabitants. In 1894, the government decided to colonize the region of São João do Capanema. Cândido Ferreira de Abreu, the owner of this colony, decided to change its name to Prudentópolis, in honor to Brazilian president Prudente de Morais. In 1895, to settle this region, 1,500 Ukrainian families, about 8,000 people, came to Prudentópolis. This immigration continued until the 1920s.[3]

Most of the immigrants were from the Ternopil region of Ukraine, and today the Ukrainian city Ternopil is sister city of Prudentópolis.[4]

Population

Nowadays, Prudentópolis is home to the largest population of Ukrainian descent in Brazil (75% of the municipality's inhabitants).[4] Other ethnic groups that make up its population are Italians, Poles and Germans.

The Ukrainian culture is still preserved by its inhabitants: the Ukrainian language is taught in local schools and used a liturgical language and there are typically Ukrainian constructions.

Religion

The Ukrainian Catholic particular church, which used the Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language, has there the Catedral Ucraniana Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição, cathedral episcopal see of an eparchy (diocese), the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis. It is (the sole) suffragan of the Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba, who heads the only proper Eastern rite ecclesiastical province in Brazil.

References

Sources and External Links

• Municipality site (in Portuguese)
• GigaCatholic on the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy

На других языках

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[de] Prudentópolis

Prudentópolis, amtlich portugiesisch Município de Prudentópolis, ist eine Gemeinde des brasilianischen Bundesstaates Paraná. Sie hatte laut Volkszählung von 2010 rund 48.800 Einwohner, die Prudentopolitaner (prudentopolitanos) genannt werden. Zum 1. Juli 2021 wurde die Bevölkerung auf 52.776 Bewohner geschätzt, die auf einer Gemeindefläche von rund 2247 km² leben.[1]

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- [en] Prudentópolis

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[ru] Прудентополис

Прудентополис (порт. Prudentópolis, укр. Прудентополіс) — муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Парана. Составная часть мезорегиона Юго-восток штата Парана. Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Прудентополис. Население составляет 48 852 человека на 2007 год. Занимает площадь 2 307,897 км². Плотность населения — 19,9 чел./км². Традиционно в Прудентополисе проживают много украинцев (изначально 75 % населения).

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