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Santa Catarina

state in the South Region of Brazil
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Summary

Santa Catarina is a federative unit of Brazil[1]. It draws 14,005 Wikipedia views per month (federative unit of brazil category, ranking #5 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Brazil[3]
  • Country: Brazil[4]
  • Head of government: Carlos Moisés da Silva[5]
  • Capital: Florianópolis[6]
  • Shares border with: Rio Grande do Sul[7], Paraná[8], Misiones Province[9]
  • Anthem: state anthem of Santa Catarina[10]
  • Named after: Catherine of Alexandria[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Palmeira[12], Palmitos[13], Papanduva[14], Paraíso[15], Passo de Torres[16], Passos Maia[17], Paulo Lopes[18], Pedras Grandes[19], Penha[20], Peritiba[21], Petrolândia[22], Pinhalzinho[23], Pinheiro Preto[24], Piratuba[25]

Why It Matters

Santa Catarina has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Brazil Catherine of Alexandria Law No. 2797 of June 15, 1956 Law No. 2925 of October 21, 1956 Law No. 2961 of November 23, 1956 Law No. 3038 of December 19, 1956 Law No. 3070 of December 22, 1956 Law No. 3072 of December 22, 1956 Law No. 3098 of February 24, 1957 Law No. 3175 of June 11, 1957 Law No. 3188 of July 2, 1957 Law No. 3279 of October 7, 1957 Law No. 3296 of October 30, 1957 Law No. 3391 of May 22, 1958 Law No. 3424 of July 10, 1958 Law No. 3460 of November 19, 1958 Law No. 3561 of June 5, 1959 Law No. 3564 of June 10, 1959 Law No. 3741 of April 4, 1960 Law No. 3779 of June 25, 1960 Law No. 3849 of December 18, 1960 Law No. 3855 of December 18, 1960 Law No. 3893 of May 2, 1961 Law No. 4088 of July 12, 1962 Law No. 4101 of July 20, 1962 Law No. 4199 of February 4, 1963 Law No. 4962 of May 5, 1966 Law No. 6101 of September 12, 1974 Law No. 6106 of September 19, 1974 Law No. 6241 of September 22, 1975

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Trooper57 · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC−03:00, America/Sao_Paulo
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': -27.27, 'longitude': -50.49}
    Instance of → —
    Highest point → Morro da Boa Vista
    + 51 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Satellite picture of Santa Catarina (2024-06-30).png"
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