Blumenau
Blumenau | |
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Municipality | |
 View of Blumenau | |
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  Blumenau Blumenau in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 26°56′S 49°3′W / 26.933°S 49.050°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| State |  Santa Catarina |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mário Hildebrandt |
| Area | |
| • Total | 519.8 km2 (200.7 sq mi) |
| Population (August 1, 2022) | |
| • Total | 363,340 |
| • Density | 699.0/km2 (1,810/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−03:00 |
| Postal code | 89000-000 |
| Area code | +55 47 |
| Website | Official website |
Blumenau is a city of the Santa Catarina state, in Brazil, with 363,340 inhabitants. It is 130 km from the state capital Florianópolis.
The city was founded on September 2, 1850, by German chemist and pharmacist Hermann Blumenau along with seventeen other German immigrants, and is famous for its traditional German architecture and cultural heritage, including the second largest Oktoberfest in the world
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