Laguna | |
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| Municipality of Laguna | |
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 Location in Santa Catarina state | |
  Laguna Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates:28°28′57″S48°46′51″W / 28.48250°S 48.78083°W /-28.48250; -48.78083 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State |  Santa Catarina |
| Area | |
• Total | 336.40 km2 (129.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 46,122 |
| • Density | 137.10/km2 (355.10/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.752 –high[2] |
| Website | www |
Laguna is a Brazilianmunicipality located in the southern state ofSanta Catarina, 120 kilometers south of the state's capital,Florianópolis, and north east ofPorto Alegre. The population is 46,122 (2020 est.) in an area of 336.4 km2.[3] The elevation is 2 m. TheBR-101 coastal highway passes through the municipality.
The city was founded in 1676 by rural people of thecapitania of São Vicente. In 1714, the locality was recognized as amunicipality, and in 1847 it received the status ofcity. It was the capital of the short-livedJuliana Republic in 1839. The city's flag is a tricolor with yellow, white and green, and has a coat of arms in the middle.
A pod ofbottlenose dolphins resident in the sea off Laguna drive fish towards fishermen who stand at the beach in shallow waters. Then one dolphin rolls over, which the fishermen take as sign to throw out their nets. The dolphins feed on the escaping fish. The dolphins were not trained for this behavior; the collaboration has been going on at least since 1847.[4][5]Southern right whales also can be seen from shores during winter to spring seasons.[6]
| Climate data for Laguna (1976–2005) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.9 (98.4) | 37.3 (99.1) | 36.3 (97.3) | 33.4 (92.1) | 37.1 (98.8) | 31.3 (88.3) | 34.7 (94.5) | 35.7 (96.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 35.1 (95.2) | 33.2 (91.8) | 36.3 (97.3) | 37.3 (99.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 26.5 (79.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 19.3 (66.7) | 20.2 (68.4) | 21.8 (71.2) | 23.7 (74.7) | 25.7 (78.3) | 23.2 (73.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.1 (73.6) | 20.9 (69.6) | 18.4 (65.1) | 16.5 (61.7) | 15.7 (60.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 20.4 (68.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 19.7 (67.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 17.7 (63.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 13.4 (56.1) | 12.6 (54.7) | 13.2 (55.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 17.5 (63.5) | 19.1 (66.4) | 16.7 (62.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) | 13.0 (55.4) | 10.6 (51.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | 0.0 (32.0) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.4 (47.1) | 9.2 (48.6) | 11.8 (53.2) | 0.0 (32.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 107.5 (4.23) | 109.0 (4.29) | 140.7 (5.54) | 96.1 (3.78) | 107.3 (4.22) | 104.7 (4.12) | 101.5 (4.00) | 129.3 (5.09) | 144.7 (5.70) | 119.9 (4.72) | 122.5 (4.82) | 90.1 (3.55) | 1,373.3 (54.06) |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 81 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 82 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 208 | 172 | 193 | 179 | 181 | 156 | 174 | 166 | 144 | 168 | 200 | 221 | 2,162 |
| Source:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)[7] | |||||||||||||
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