Santo Amaro da Imperatriz

Santo Amaro da Imperatriz is a city Brésil ienne of the State of Santa Catarina. It is located at a Latitude of 27° 41 ' 16" south and with a Longitude of 48° 46 ' 44" west, with a Altitude of 18 meters. Its population was estimated at: 18246 inhabitants in 2006. The municipality extends on 352 km ², of which 72% are located in protected natural reserve.

General information

Santo Amaro da Imperatriz belongs to the Metropolitan region of Florianópolis. The city has a privileged, dependant geographical location at the same time with the top-plates and the littoral of the Santa Catarina by trunk road BR-282. The city is also crossed by the Rio Cubatão C Sul.

History

The colonization of Santo Amaro da Imperatriz related to is discovered source of thermal springs by hunters in 1813. The imperial government then sent a detachment of police force to ensure the guard of the places, the area being inhabited by hostile Indians. The March 18th 1818, the king Jean VI decided the creation of a hospital there, first hydropathic establishment of the Brésil. In October 1845, Santo Amaro da Imperatriz accepted the visit of the imperial couple, Pierre II and his wife Marie-Therese, who ordered the construction of a building to receive the visitors in search of relief for their pains. In homage to the empress, the locality and its neighborhoods - then called Caldas C Cubatão -, were renamed Caldas da Imperatriz .

After several name changes, it becomes Santo Amaro da Imperatriz in 1949 and is high with the row of municipality in 1958, by dismemberment of Palhoça.

Tourism and economy

The city offers multiple options of leisures, between its thermal, its natural wealths and its various religious holidays and cultural springs.

Covered imposing mountains of Atlantic Forêt offer a splendid environment for the tourists practitioner the ecotourism.

Populated of more than: 18000 inhabitants, the city is calm and hospital. Water, jaissant at a temperature of more than 40 °C, is recognized internationally for their therapeutic properties.

The economy of the city is founded on the exploitation, at ends of health and tourism, thermal springs. One finds also various cultures in the municipality, among which the Maïs, the Tomate and the Potato.

Close cities

Santo Amaro da Imperatriz is close to the municipalities ( municípios ) following:

External bonds

Official site of the municipality

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