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Florianópolis, SC

From Carijo to Immigration Land

The region of Florianópolis and Santa Catarina was inhabited by Tupi-Guarani Indians of the Carijo family before Brazil's discovering by Portuguese in the XVIth century. Carijo people called this region Meiembipe, that means "mountain along the channel" [ 3 ].

Ilha dos Patos & Santa Catarina

In 1514, Portuguese explorators named the region Ilha dos Patos (Ducks Island) and later, in 1526, Spanish explorators named it Santa Catarina Island, the actual name.

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Immigration Land

Chronology of Santa Catarina's (and Brazil's) history:

• 1526: Sebastião Caboto reaches the catarinense coast
• 1534: the continental lands are given to Pero Lopes de Sousa
• 1658: foundation of the town of Nossa Senhora da Graça do Rio de São Francisco, by Manuel Lourenço de Andrade
• 1675: foundation of the town Nossa Senhora do Desterro, actually nowadays Florianópolis, by Francisco Dias velho
• 1676: foundation of Laguna, by Domingos de Brito Peixoto
• 1738: creation of the Capitany of Santa Catarina and its tutelage to that of São Paulo
• 1739: tutelage of Santa Catarina to the Capitany of Rio de Janeiro
• 1748: arrival of the first immigrants from the Açores Islands
• 1777: Spanish invasions
• 7 september 1822: the Independence of Brazil. Empire
• 1835: influences of the Farroupilha Revolution from Rio Grande do Sul
• 1839: Proclamation, at Laguna, of the Catarinense Republic or Juliana, conducted by Garibaldi and David Canabarro
• 1840: end of the Catarinense Republic
• 15 november 1889: the Proclamation of the Republic

Practical Information

Telephone Area Code (DDD): 48
Zip Code (CEP): 88.000-000
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