Lages | |
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| Municipality of Lages | |
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| Nickname: Princesa da Serra (Princess of the Serra) | |
 Location in thestate of Santa Catarina andBrazil | |
| Coordinates:27°48′57″S50°19′33″W / 27.81583°S 50.32583°W /-27.81583; -50.32583 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State | Santa Catarina |
| Founded | November 22, 1776 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antonio Ceron |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,644.313 km2 (1,643.099 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 916 m (3,005 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 164,981 |
| • Density | 62.55/km2 (162.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.770 –high[2] |
| Website | www |
Lages is a Brazilianmunicipality located in the central part of the state ofSanta Catarina, in the region known inPortuguese as "Planalto Serrano".
It is located in themountain region of and is also the largest municipality of Santa Catarina. It is the maincity of this region, and borders the towns ofOtacílio Costa,São Joaquim, andCorreia Pinto. The main course of urban water isCarahá River.
Lages hosts an annual festival calledFesta do Pinhão, that is famous throughout the country.
Economically, the city is known for its strong cattle breeding andwood processing factories.
In the beginning of the 17th century, the arrival of the first Europeans established the town. The growing of Lages was due to the opening of roads to reach the fields ofRio Grande do Sul. The people ofSão Paulo andMinas Gerais were attracted to this region due to the cattle-breeding business with thegauchos.
Very primitive documents mention Lages as a stop for horse riders that were traveling fromSorocaba orSão Paulo, transporting mules, horses and cattle.Correia Pinto, the founder, was a horse rider, and ran cattle groups from Lages toSão Paulo.
In 1766, Lages becomes a village. In 1820 it detached itself fromSão Paulo to be part of the state ofSanta Catarina. On May 25, 1860, it was elevated to city status. In 1960, the city's current name was adopted.
During theRevolução Farroupilha, Lages belonged to theJuliana Republic.
Lages is served byAntônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport andPlanalto Serrano Regional Airport located in the adjoining municipality ofCorreia Pinto.
Lages is located in the mountain region of the state and is the largest municipality of it. It is the maincity of this region, and borders the towns ofOtacílio Costa,São Joaquim, andCorreia Pinto. The main course of urban water isCarahá River.
Lages has anoceanic climate (Koppen:Cfb), with an annual mean temperature of 16 °C (61 °F). Winter temperatures can stay below freezing, with occurrence of frost and snow. During the summer, temperatures may reach 30 °C (86 °F) and droughts may occur.
Data byINMET shows that the lowest temperature recorded in the city between 1961 and 2017 was −6 °C (21 °F) on 14 July 2000[3] and the highest was 34.5 °C (94.1 °F) on 9 January 2006.[4] On 1 October 2001, the city accumulated a record of 177 millimetres (7.0 in) of precipitation in a period of 24 hours. Previous large accumulations include 122 millimetres (4.8 in) on 22 October 1979 and 117.2 millimetres (4.61 in) on 16 April 1971.[5]
With 671.4 millimetres (26.43 in), August 1983 was the month with the most accumulated precipitation.[6] The lowestrelative humidity observed was of 20% on 13 November 1971.[7]
| Climate data for Lages (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1961–2017) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.3 (93.7) | 33.2 (91.8) | 30.8 (87.4) | 27.9 (82.2) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 31.0 (87.8) | 32.4 (90.3) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.4 (93.9) | 33.9 (93.0) | 34.5 (94.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.6 (79.9) | 25.3 (77.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 18.8 (65.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 19.7 (67.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.1 (79.0) | 22.1 (71.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.1 (52.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 13.9 (57.0) | 16.2 (61.2) | 17.9 (64.2) | 19.9 (67.8) | 16.1 (61.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) | 16.4 (61.5) | 15.2 (59.4) | 12.7 (54.9) | 9.1 (48.4) | 7.6 (45.7) | 7.0 (44.6) | 8.1 (46.6) | 9.8 (49.6) | 12.2 (54.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 15.3 (59.5) | 11.9 (53.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) | 7.0 (44.6) | 2.3 (36.1) | −0.7 (30.7) | −3.4 (25.9) | −5.8 (21.6) | −6.0 (21.2) | −4.8 (23.4) | −4.0 (24.8) | 0.2 (32.4) | 2.9 (37.2) | 3.2 (37.8) | −6.0 (21.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 177.6 (6.99) | 167.0 (6.57) | 126.6 (4.98) | 115.1 (4.53) | 120.7 (4.75) | 126.7 (4.99) | 159.3 (6.27) | 125.6 (4.94) | 175.0 (6.89) | 201.4 (7.93) | 138.1 (5.44) | 149.1 (5.87) | 1,782.2 (70.17) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 119 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 78.8 | 80.1 | 80.6 | 81.8 | 84.1 | 85.5 | 84.0 | 80.1 | 80.6 | 81.1 | 77.1 | 76.6 | 80.9 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 199.8 | 173.8 | 181.2 | 158.9 | 145.4 | 128.6 | 145.5 | 166.8 | 141.6 | 150.4 | 195.7 | 195.1 | 1,982.8 |
| Source:Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Absolute temperature records: 1 January 1961 to 3 April 2017)[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Lages contains seventy-two neighborhoods:[16]
Capital:Florianópolis | |||||||||
| Grande Florianópolis |
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| Norte Catarinense |
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| Serrana |
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| Sul Catarinense |
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| Vale do Itajai |
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