Clockwise from top: panorama of Londrina and the Igapó Lake; Museum of Londrina; Tomi Nakagawa Square; Igapó Lake; greenhouse of the Botanic Garden of Londrina; and Cathedral of Londrina
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Pequena Londres ("Little London") / Capital do Café ("Coffee Capital")
Londrina (Portuguese pronunciation:[lõˈdɾĩnɐ], literally "Little London") is a city located in the north of the state of Paraná, South Region, Brazil, and is 388 km (241 miles) away from the state capital, Curitiba. It is the second largest city in the state and fourth largest in the southern region of the country, with 555.965 inhabitants in the whole municipality (2022).[2][3]
Londrina was originally explored by British settlers, and then officially established in 1930 by a small group of Italian, Japanese and German settlers. It rapidly became the commercial, political, and cultural centre of the state's northern pioneer zone.[4] Its universities include the Universidade Estadual de Londrina (Londrina State University) and the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (Federal University of Technology – Paraná).
Demography
The city was named after British entrepreneurs who launched railroad stations in the region to ease the transportation of coffee grains from northern Paraná and southern São Paulo states to the port of Santos. The word Londrina pays homage to the British capital (Londres in Portuguese), since a London cotton company, Paraná Plantations Limited, made the original investment to settle in this area.
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1900
509
—
1910
976
+91.7%
1920
1,483
+51.9%
1930
27,475
+1752.7%
1940
65,889
+139.8%
1950
71,321
+8.2%
1960
136,401
+91.2%
1970
347,544
+154.8%
1980
403,005
+16.0%
1990
385,580
−4.3%
2000
447,065
+15.9%
2009
510,707
+14.2%
2010
506,645
−0.8%
2011
511,278
+0.9%
2012
515,707
+0.9%
2013
537,566
+4.2%
2014
543,003
+1.0%
2022
555,965
+2.4%
Geography
The city is located in the north of the state of Paraná, and is 388 km (241 miles) away from the state capital, Curitiba.
Agriculture continues to be Londrina's major economic activity, although its importance has diminished in recent years. Agricultural activity was diversified beyond coffee, and today corn, wheat, cotton, horticulture, beans, peanuts, rice, sugar cane, soy bean, and fruit plantations thrive due to the rich Northern Paraná/South Western São Paulo State "terra roxa/vermelha" crimson soil. Although the city has increased its industrial park by adding weaving, textiles and agricultural factories, Londrina's main wealth continues to be agricultural production. Today, Londrina is also known for its commerce and service sectors. Moreover, real estate is another growing sector that has generated jobs and boosted even more the size of this city in Paraná.
Once a year, the city hosts the largest agricultural fair in Latin America, the Expo Londrina.
Health
Londrina is served by both universal health care system, through the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) and by many private health care facilities. The municipality has 133 SUS health facilities, such as hospitals, local clinics and nurseries. Despite ample access to healthcare, infant mortality rate are relatively high, with 10.68 deaths per one thousand births as of 2017.
Education
Quebec neighborhood in LondrinaView of LondrinaLondrina during a stormLondrina Airport
Portuguese is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. But English and Spanish are part of the official high school curriculum. As of 2010, the rate of formal schooling is 97.3% between the age of 6 and 14 years old. The basic education system has 65.065 enrolled and the middle/high school system has 18,140 students as of 2018.
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