Prudentópolis

Prudentópolis (Ukrainian: Прудентополіс) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Paraná, in Southern Brazil. As of 2020, it had a population of 52,513 people.

Prudentópolis

Prudentópolis (Ukrainian Прудентополіс)
Municipality
Entrance to Prudentópolis.
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Nickname(s): 
Pequena Ucrânia (Little Ukraine)
Prudentópolis
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 25°12′46″S 50°58′40″W
Country Brazil
RegionSouthern
StateParaná
MesoregionSudeste Paranaense
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total52,513
Time zoneUTC -3

It is the center of the Ukrainian community in Brazil.

Moreover, the town is surrounded by 100 waterfalls, which also attracts many tourists.[2]

History

In 1882, the project of the construction of roads in central Paraná attracted the first families to the region. Firmo Mendes de Queiroz, descended from Bandeirantes, settled there, living on agriculture. He built a chapel, giving birth to a place called "Vilinha" (Little Village) by its inhabitants. In 1894, the government decided to colonize the region of São João do Capanema. Cândido Ferreira de Abreu, the owner of this colony, decided to change its name to Prudentópolis, in honor to Brazilian president Prudente de Morais. In 1895, to settle this region, 1,500 Ukrainian families, about 8,000 people, came to Prudentópolis. This immigration continued until the 1920s.[3]

Population

Nowadays, Prudentópolis is home to the largest population of Ukrainian descent in Brazil (75% of its inhabitants). Other ethnic groups that make up its population are Italians, Poles and Germans.

The Ukrainian culture is still preserved by its inhabitants: the Ukrainian language is taught in local schools and used a liturgical language and there are typically Ukrainian constructions.

Religion

The Ukrainian Catholic particular church, which used the Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language, has there the Catedral Ucraniana Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição, cathedral episcopal see of an eparchy (diocese), the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis. It is (the sole) suffragan of the Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba, who heads the only proper Eastern rite ecclesiastical province in Brazil.

References
  1. IBGE 2020
  2. Prudentópolis atrativo
  3. História Prudentópolis Archived 2009-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
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