Içara

Içara - SC
Içara - SC
Coordinates: 28°42′48″S 49°18′00″W / 28.71333°S 49.30000°W / -28.71333; -49.30000
Country	Brazil
State	Santa Catarina
Founded	January 6, 1880
Area
• Total	292,779 km² (113,043 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	56,423

Içara is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It is located 170 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 890 km south of São Paulo. It is the Brazilian capital of the honey and tobacco industries, but is also very strong in plastic, ceramic tiles and chemicals.

Nearby cities are Siderópolis, Cocal do Sul, Morro da Fumaça, Maracajá, Araranguá, Nova Veneza, Forquilhinha and Criciuma.

Several small towns lie around Içara forming a metropolitan area of 250 thousand people. The most important are:

Criciuma (larger city)
Urussanga
Nova Veneza
Nova Trento
Siderópolis
Orleans
Araranguá
Timbe do Sul

External links

City’s official website (in Portuguese)

Sul Catarinense mesoregion of Santa Catarina , Brazil

mesoregions of Santa Catarina Grande Florianópolis Norte Catarinense Oeste Catarinense Serrana Sul Catarinense Vale do Itajaí

Araranguá	Araranguá Balneário Arroio do Silva Balneário Gaivota Ermo Jacinto Machado Maracajá Meleiro Morro Grande Passo de Torres Praia Grande Santa Rosa do Sul São João do Sul Sombrio Timbé do Sul Turvo

Criciúma	Cocal do Sul Criciúma Forquilhinha Içara Lauro Muller Morro da Fumaça Nova Veneza Siderópolis Treviso Urussanga

Tubarão	Armazém Braço do Norte Capivari de Baixo Garopaba Grão Pará Gravatal Imaruí Imbituba Jaguaruna Laguna Orleans Pedras Grandes Rio Fortuna Sangão Santa Rosa de Lima São Ludgero São Martinho Treze de Maio Tubarão

Coordinates: 28°42′48″S 49°18′00″W / 28.71333°S 49.30000°W / -28.71333; -49.30000

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