Tamarana

Tamarana
Municipality

Location within Paraná
Tamarana

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 23°43′22″S 51°05′49″W / 23.72278°S 51.09694°W / -23.72278; -51.09694Coordinates: 23°43′22″S 51°05′49″W / 23.72278°S 51.09694°W / -23.72278; -51.09694
Country  Brazil
State Paraná
Founded 1919
Area
  Total 466.10 km2 (179.96 sq mi)
Elevation 770 m (2,530 ft)
Population (2004)
  Total 10,166
  Density 22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone BRT (UTC-3)
  Summer (DST) BRST (UTC-2)

Tamarana is a small municipality in the state of Paraná, Brazil. This smalltown's main activities are camp cultive, domestic animal creations and tourism. The actual mayor is Roberto Dias Siena, son of the politician Edison Siena, who was the first mayor of the municipality, in 1996. The second mayor was Paulo Mitio Nakaoka, succeced by Roberto Siena later. The nature in Tamarana is notable, many rivers and tourism places are there, like Estância Tamarana and many others. There is too an Indian Reserve of Apucaraninha, where native people live. Tamarana is next to Londrina, Ortigueira and other cities.

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