Ascurra is a municipality located in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil. Ascurra has a strong Italian culture due to its colonization in 1876 by farmers from Welschtirol. Hermann Blumenau (1819–1899) named the municipality after a point in Serra do Ibitirapé, Paraguay of the same name that was taken by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War in 1869.
Ascurra covers , and has a population of 7,978 with a population density of 70 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Geography
Ascurra is located from Blumenau and from the state capital of Florianópolis. The Itajaí-Açu River crosses Ascurra.
Economy
Mainly from the rice agriculture.
Transportation
Events
Per Tutti – A high Tirolean-influenced party that occurs between August and September.
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