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Curitiba is the capital and largest-city of the Brazilian state of Parana. The city has the largest population, the largest economy in the State and also in southern Brazil. According to the American magazine Reader's Digest, Curitiba is the best place to live in Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.8 million people (7th largest nationwide) and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$30 billion (ranking 4th nationwide) according to IBGE.
Its metropolitan area comprises 26 municipalities with a total population of over 3.2 million (IBGE estimate in 2006). Curitiba is an important cultural, political and economic centre in the country. The city sits on a plateau at 932 metres (3,058 ft) above sea level. It is located 105 kilometres (65 mi) west of the sea port of Paranagua and it is served by Afonso Pena International and Bacacheri airports.
Growth of the city was based on the cattle trade, being half way between cattle breeding country to the South and markets to the North. Waves of European immigrants started arriving after 1850, mainly Germans, Italians, Poles and Ukrainians, contributing to the economic and cultural development of the city.
Currently, only small numbers of foreigners migrate to Curitiba, and these are mainly immigrants from Middle Eastern and South American countries, but there is a substantial inward flow of Brazilians from other States of the country (it is estimated that nowadays about half the population of Curitiba was not born in the city).
Curitiba hosts the Federal University of Parana, regarded as the first university in Brazil, established in Curitiba in 1912, one year before electric streetcars were first deployed. In 2010 the city was awarded the Globe Sustainable City Award which was set up to recognize those cities and municipalities which excel in sustainable urban development around the world.
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Name: Mangaung / Bloemfontein
Province: Free State
Population: 850 000
Altitude: 1400m
Geography: The city is located in central South Africa on the Free State Plateau. The landscape is accentuated by grassland plains and low hills.
Climate: Dry winters, from May to August with temperatures around 17° C in the day and reaching -2° C at night. Summer ranges from October to February and city is much warmer, around 30° C during the day and cloud bursts in the afternoon.
Key Economic Sectors: Trade, Finance, Transport |
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Arena da Baixada The Arena da Baixada is a football stadium and an indoor arena inaugurated on June 6, 1914 in Agua Verde neighborhood, Curitiba, Parana, with a maximum capacity of 25,180 people. Despite being called an arena, it is technically an outdoor stadium. On May 31 2009, the stadium was designated by FIFA as one of the match sites in the Brazil 2014 |
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Curitiba Hotels |
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Curitiba hotels Altareggia Plaza  Location: the hotel is favourably situated in central area, close the city's main shopping centres, the Gua?ra Theatre, Government Palace, Town Hall a
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