Francisco Beltrão

Francisco Beltrão is the largest and main city in the southwest region of Paraná state in Brazil, and was established on December 14, 1952. The population is about 90,000 inhabitants, which 85% live in the city and 15% in the land. Francisco Beltrão is close to two other cities, Marmeleiro and Renasença. The economy is based on agriculture, corn crops, turkey and chicken meat exportation, textile industries, public services and commerce in general. The mayor as of 2006 is Vilmar Cordasso.

1 Brief
2 Climate
3 Culture
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[edit] Brief

Francisco Beltrão is in the middle of the Southwest Paraná, a region with 470,000 inhabitants, approximately 5% of the total state's population.

[edit] Climate

Weather Statistics (1974-2005)^[1]
Month	Temperature (ºC)
Month	Avg High	Avg	Avg Low
Jan	30.2	23.6	18.5
Feb	29.8	23.1	18.2
Mar	29.3	22.2	17
Apr	26.3	19.3	14.2
May	22.6	15.7	10.7
Jun	21.0	14.2	9.3
Jul	21.3	14.2	8.9
Aug	23.4	16.0	10.2
Sep	24.2	17.4	11.8
Oct	26.6	20.0	14.4
Nov	28.3	21.6	15.8
Dic	29.6	23.1	17.2
Yr	25.9	19.0	13.7

The weather is warm most of the year, and more hot and wet in the summer. The average high temperatures reach 30°C (86°F) and some cool days in the winter average lows around 8°C (48°F). The lowest temperature ever recorded occurred in July 2000, -5°C (23°F). The highest happened in November 1985, 38°C (100°F). The averega rainfall is very high, around 2000mm/yr. According to Köppen's climate classification the weather in Francisco Beltrão is Cfa.

[edit] Culture

Most of the city's inhabitants are descendants from Italian and German immigrants, which first lived in the southern states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, and then come to the region where the city is placed now, by the years of 1940 until 1960. According to some reaserches, 50% of population are descendants from Italian immigrants, and 15% are descendants from German immigrants. In the last years is expect to decrease this proportiondue to the evasion of the young people, that goes study in the bigger cities, and also because of the increasingly number of immigrants from other parts of northern brasil.