Paranaguá

Paranaguá on the map of Paraná

The port city of Paranaguá is located in the Brazilian state of Paraná in the Bay of Paranaguá on the Atlantic Ocean.

Paranaguá is the supply and the port of the federal capital Curitiba, which lies 70 km west of Paranagua at an altitude of 1000 m above sea level.

Founded in 1648, Paranaguá is the oldest city in the state. She keeps some colonial buildings, churches and a Jesuit college of 1736th

Paranaguás sister city is Awaji in Japan.

Diocese of Paranaguá

The Diocese of Paranaguá was born on July 21, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesia sancta of cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Curitiba.

Economy and Harbour

Paranaguá is a typical Brazilian port city of about 150,000 inhabitants, who lives from the port and fishing. It is Brazil's most important export harbor for agricultural goods, such as Soybeans. Are exported from there also vehicles of the Audi brand, which are manufactured in Curitiba.

This port is also known by the fact that the government of Paraguay has a duty-free landing quay in the port of Paranaguá and this is allowed to use aloud State Treaty also unrestricted. From these ports run all imports and exports of Paraguay. All the goods for Paraguay are brought by truck into the central warehouse in Ciudad del Este on the Rio Paraná in the triangle of the Iguazu Falls and distributed from here to the state. In addition, the port still has the large fast-growing container terminal TCP ( Terminal de Contêineres de Paranaguá SA), which is operated privately. In the year 2007 595.261 units container TEUs, while there were in 2000 252 679 or here.

In Paranaguá there is also a huge slaughterhouse that supplies the capital with fresh meat. The Port Authority of Paranaguá is also responsible for the small neighboring port of Antonina.

Paranaguá railway

The 110 km long railway line between Curitiba and Paranaguá is considered engineering masterpiece of the late 19th century. The course was designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps, the builder of the Suez Canal, designed, constructed according to his plans and completed in 1885. The route of the narrow gauge railway is single track and overcome the height difference of 951 m over a length of 80 km. It has 15 stations and runs over 13 rock-hewn tunnel, 41 imported from Belgium steel viaducts and 32 bridges. This rail link is longer than the road link, because the height difference is overcome with switchback. There were a number of bends, which can be used only with shortened (6 cars ) trains, as through the rugged mountains (the " Serra do Mar" ) was not enough space to make the sweeping generous. Meanwhile, the railway line was further developed. Trains are still single track, but switchbacks and tight curves were modified so that even long freight trains - even if only at a snail's pace - make their way up to Curitiba. The ride in the passenger (once a day ) but is still spectacular and slow; the ride from Curitiba to Morretes takes 3 hours, the bus only needs one hour.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Júlia da Costa (1844-1911), Brazilian poet
• Brasilio Itiberê da Cunha (1846-1913), composer
• Caroline de Souza (* 1990), International Women's Handball