Timeline of Curitiba

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Curitiba, Paraná (state), Brazil.

Prior to 20th century[]

  • 1668 - Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz (church) built.
  • 1693 - Village settlement named "Vila da Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais."
  • 1721 - Village renamed "Curitiba."
  • 1780 - Population: 2,949.
  • 1854 - Curitiba becomes capital of Paraná.
  • 1872 - Population: 12,651.[1]
  • 1874 - Arsenal built.
  • 1886 -  [pt] (park) opens.[2]
  • 1890 - Population: 24,553.
  • 1892 - Catholic Diocese of Curitiba established.
  • 1893 -  [pt] built.
  • 1900 - Population: 49,755.

20th century[]

21st century[]

  • 2002 - New Museum opens.
  • 2003 - City designated an American Capital of Culture.[2]
  • 2008 - Mormon temple built.
  • 2010 - Population: 1,751,907.[13]
  • 2012 - 7 October:  [pt] held.
  • 2013 -  [pt] becomes mayor.
  • 2014 - June: Part of 2014 FIFA World Cup held in city.
  • 2016 - 2 October:  [pt] held.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tabela 1.6 - População nos Censos Demográficos, segundo os municípios das capitais - 1872/2010", Sinopse do Censo Demografico 2010 (in Portuguese), Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, retrieved 5 September 2018
  2. ^ a b c d e "History of the City". Portal de Prefeitura de Curitiba. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Brazil: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2003. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
  4. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  5. ^ World Bank 2010.
  6. ^ Frontline 2003.
  7. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
  8. ^ a b c d Lubow 2007.
  9. ^ "How Curitiba's BRT stations sparked a transport revolution", The Guardian, A history of cities in 50 buildings, UK, 2015
  10. ^ "Garden Search: Brazil". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Curitiba Journal: The Road To Rio", New York Times, 28 May 1992
  12. ^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  13. ^ "2010 census". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2010.
This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

  • Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Brazil: Curityba", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
  • Frontline (2003), "Master Plan: History", Curitiba's Urban Experiment, USA: Public Broadcasting Service
  • Arthur Lubow (20 May 2007), "The Road to Curitiba", New York Times
  • "Curitiba". Eco2 Cities: Ecological Cities as Economic Cities. World Bank Publications. 2010. ISBN 978-0-8213-8144-1.

in Portuguese[]

  • J.C.R. Milliet de Saint-Adolphe (1863), "Curitiba", Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do imperio do Brazil (in Portuguese), Paris: J. P. Aillaud – via Hathi Trust
  • Fábio Duarte; Kati Eliana Caetano (2007). Curitiba: do modelo à modelagem (in Portuguese). Annablume. ISBN 978-85-7419-734-0.

External links[]

Coordinates: 25°25′00″S 49°15′00″W / 25.416667°S 49.25°W / -25.416667; -49.25

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