Pinhais | |
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 Buildings at the boundary between Pinhais and Curitiba | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nicknames: "Terra dos pinheirais" / "Morada da Gralha-Azul" (Land of the pine fields /Home of the Azure Jay) | |
 Location of Pinhais in Paraná state and Brazil | |
| Coordinates:25°25′57″S49°11′36″W / 25.43250°S 49.19333°W /-25.43250; -49.19333 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State | Paraná |
| Founded | March 20, 1992 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luiz Goularte Alves (PT) |
| Area | |
• Total | 60.869 km2 (23.502 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 893 m (2,930 ft) |
| Population (2020[2]) | |
• Total | 133,490 |
| • Density | 2,193.1/km2 (5,680.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.815 –high[3] |
| Website | www.pinhais.pr.gov.br |
Pinhais is a municipality inParaná state inBrazil. As of 2020, the population was 133,490. It was emancipated from the municipality ofPiraquara in 1992 and is part of theMetropolitan region of Curitiba. It is the smallest municipality in Paraná by area.
Due to its proximity toCuritiba, theterritory of the present-day municipality of Pinhais followed the course of events during the occupation and development of the Curitiba plateau, centered on the capital of Paraná. The construction of the Curitiba-Paranaguá Railway, which cut through the region to the east, was important. Near the Brasholandacompany, there was a ceramics factory owned by the Joaquim Torres family. The company was acquired in the mid-1920s, under mortgage, by Guilherme Weiss, who perfected the production technique. Count Humberto Scarpa, Guilherme Weiss's son-in-law, inherited the ceramics factory, maintaining production until 1960. Later, he established the Rui Itiberê da Cunha real estate company, subdividing and offering for sale the areas of Weissópolis, Vargem Grande, Vila Esplanada, and Vila Tarumã.[4]
The recent history of the municipality of Pinhais is intertwined with the history of urban settlement in Curitiba. Based on the developmental policies adopted in Brazil from the mid-1950s onward,northern Paraná was the scene ofagricultural expansion, initially with the planting of coffee plantations. The encouragement of grain agriculture (soybean,wheat,corn, andcotton) dramatically expanded land use in thestate, especially in the northern and southwestern regions, in the1960s and1970s, solidifying Paraná as the "Breadbasket of Brazil."[5]
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