Paranagua

Paranagua is a town in the state of Parana in Brazil. Founded in 1648, it's far Parana's oldest metropolis. It is understood for the Port of Paranagua, which serves as each the ocean link for Curitiba, 110 kilometres to the north and the capital of Parana, and as one among the largest ports of Brazil. As of 2013, the metropolis has an expected populace of 148,232 and a populace density of 169.92 people according to km², making it the 10th most populated metropolis in the country of Parana. The total area of the city is 826.674 km2.

The Human Development Index in 2000 turned into 0.782. Paranagua was domestic to a sambaqui, or midden lifestyle, for several millennia prior to the appearance of the Portuguese. Little is known of the population, which existed alongside the coast of Parana. The place turned into later home to the Carijo people, an extinct subgroup of the Guarani humans. Portuguese explorers captured the Carijo for slave labor. Over time, the ultimate Carijo intermarried with whites and African residents and fashioned the Caicaras subgroup.