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KNOWLEDGE OF Blumenau
Blumenau is a city in Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil. It was founded on September 2, 1850 by Dr. Otto Hermann Blumenau along with 17 German immigrants. A few years later Fritz Müller migrated to Blumenau as well.
As of 2005, Blumenau had a estimated population of approximately 280,000 people, with an area of 510 km². The main ethnic groups of the city are German and Italian people. The city itself retains many historical and cultural reminders of its past, such as houses and constructions built in a German style, statues and memorials.
The city is located in a valley, surrounded by hills with forests and cut by a river named Itajaí-Açu. There are towers and tall buildings at the central area. The residential areas are spread in the nearby hills and plains and the lower areas like downtown constantly suffer with flood threats. The worst floods took place in 1983 and 1984, where the city was completely isolated for weeks. Nowadays Blumenau is well-prepared against these threats, but citizens prefer to live in higher areas to prevent major losses.
Blumenau has a high standard of living, with an HDI of 0.856 as of 2004. The crime rate is very low and the illiteracy rate is under 2.85%.
Its economy is based on tourism, commerce and industry, particularly textiles, being a major textile center of Brazil. The headquarters of Hering and Karsten are located in the city. Recently, Blumenau has also become important in the area of software, with Senior Sistemas, WK Sistemas and Benner as its main companies. Other recent area in Blumenau is beer production, with the micro-brewery Eisenbahn.
Commerce is also important in the city's economy. The principal commercial streets are found in the central area, being XV de Novembro the most important venue. Blumenau also has many shopping centers, with Neumarkt being the biggest, with its tower easily found in the city's skyline.
The most significant period for tourism is during the Oktoberfest, a folklorical beer festival, which sold 365.288 tickets to its pavillions in 2005, where 266.811 liters of beer were drunk. The record of public was set in 1992, where over 1 million tickets were sold. Oktoberfest was created in 1984 after the second major flood, as an attempt of celebrate the resistence to its people, victims of many other floods during century.
As of 2005, Blumenau had a estimated population of approximately 280,000 people, with an area of 510 km². The main ethnic groups of the city are German and Italian people. The city itself retains many historical and cultural reminders of its past, such as houses and constructions built in a German style, statues and memorials.
The city is located in a valley, surrounded by hills with forests and cut by a river named Itajaí-Açu. There are towers and tall buildings at the central area. The residential areas are spread in the nearby hills and plains and the lower areas like downtown constantly suffer with flood threats. The worst floods took place in 1983 and 1984, where the city was completely isolated for weeks. Nowadays Blumenau is well-prepared against these threats, but citizens prefer to live in higher areas to prevent major losses.
Blumenau has a high standard of living, with an HDI of 0.856 as of 2004. The crime rate is very low and the illiteracy rate is under 2.85%.
Its economy is based on tourism, commerce and industry, particularly textiles, being a major textile center of Brazil. The headquarters of Hering and Karsten are located in the city. Recently, Blumenau has also become important in the area of software, with Senior Sistemas, WK Sistemas and Benner as its main companies. Other recent area in Blumenau is beer production, with the micro-brewery Eisenbahn.
Commerce is also important in the city's economy. The principal commercial streets are found in the central area, being XV de Novembro the most important venue. Blumenau also has many shopping centers, with Neumarkt being the biggest, with its tower easily found in the city's skyline.
The most significant period for tourism is during the Oktoberfest, a folklorical beer festival, which sold 365.288 tickets to its pavillions in 2005, where 266.811 liters of beer were drunk. The record of public was set in 1992, where over 1 million tickets were sold. Oktoberfest was created in 1984 after the second major flood, as an attempt of celebrate the resistence to its people, victims of many other floods during century.
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