Pedras Grandes is a town and municipality in Brazilian State of Santa Catarina

Santa Catarina (state)

Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...

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History

Pedras Grandes is a town of Italian immigration. In 1877, the first Italian immigrants arrived from Veneto. The town thrived on coal

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

 mining http://www.sc.gov.br/portalturismo/Default.asp?CodMunicipio=83&Pag=2.The town was elevated to a municipality in 1961. Until then, it was a district of Tubarão

Tubarão

Tubarão is a Brazilian city located in southern part of Santa Catarina state. It coordinates are 28º28'00" S and 49º00'25"W. The population, according to the IBGE/2010 Brazilian Census was 97,281...

.It is considered the "cradle" of Italian settlement in Southern Santa Catarina.

Geography

Situated at 28º26'09" South and 49º11'06" West, upon River Tubarão. Its population, as of 2004, was estimated at 4 849 inhabitants. 90% of the population is estimated to be of Italian descent.The area of the municipality is 153,81 km².

External links

• Prefeitura de Pedras Grandes