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March To The West
The March to the West (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Marcha para o Oeste'') was a public policy engendered by the government of Getúlio Vargas during the Estado Novo (Brazil), Estado Novo (1937–1945) in order to develop and integrate the Central-West Region, Brazil, Center-West and North Region, Brazil, North regions of Brazil, which until that moment had a low population density, quite different from what occurred in the Brazilian coastal region. At the beginning of the 1940s, practically all of the country's 43 million inhabitants were concentrated along the coast and saw the interior of their own country as something exotic. The region was nothing more than a huge and unexplored spot in Brazilian geography. Apart from that, this policy also aimed at the creation of a feeling of nationality and belonging in these areas in the entire Brazilian population. The notion of territorial "void" updated the concept of "''sertão''", understood as an abandoned space that since Euc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Territory Of Rio Branco
Rio Branco or Río Branco (Portuguese for "White River") may refer to: People *José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819–1880), Brazilian statesman, journalist, diplomat, politician and educator *José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (1845–1912), Brazilian diplomat, lawyer, professor, politician and historian Geography *Rio Branco, Acre, capital city of the Brazilian state of Acre * Rio Branco, Mato Grosso, Brazil * Rio Branco, Rio Grande do Sul, a neighbourhood in Porto Alegre, Brazil *Río Branco, Uruguay, a city in the department of Cerro Largo, Uruguay * Rio Branco do Ivaí, a municipality in Paraná, Brazil * Rio Branco do Sul, a municipality in Paraná, Brazil *Avenida Rio Branco, a major street in central Rio de Janeiro *Branco River, a tributary of the Rio Negro, known in Brazil as Rio Branco * Mount Rio Branco, Graham Land, Antarctica * Visconde do Rio Branco, a city located in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais *The former name of the Brazilian territory, and later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebensraum
(, ) is a German concept of expansionism and Völkisch movement, ''Völkisch'' nationalism, the philosophy and policies of which were common to German politics from the 1890s to the 1940s. First popularized around 1901, ''[Also in:]'' became a Geopolitics, geopolitical goal of German Empire, Imperial Germany in World War I (1914–1918), as the core element of the of territorial expansion. The most extreme form of this ideology was supported by the Nazi Party and Nazi Germany, the ultimate goal of which was to establish a Greater Germanic Reich, Greater German Reich. was a leading motivation of Nazi Germany to initiate World War II, and it would continue this policy until End of World War II in Europe, the end of the conflict. Following Adolf Hitler's rise to power, became an ideological principle of Nazism and provided justification for the German territorial expansion into Central and Eastern Europe. The Nazi policy () was based on its tenets. It stipulated that Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brasília
Brasília ( ; ) is the capital city, capital of Brazil and Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino Kubitschek on 21 April 1960, to replace Rio de Janeiro as the national capital. Brasília is Brazil's List of cities in Brazil by population, third-most populous city after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, with a population of 2.8 million. Among major Latin American cities, it has the highest GDP per capita. Brasília is a Planned community, planned city developed by Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and Joaquim Cardozo in 1956 in a scheme to move the capital from Rio de Janeiro to a more central location. The landscape architect was Roberto Burle Marx. The city's design divides it into numbered blocks as well as sectors for specified activities, such as the Hotel Sector, the Banking Sector, and the Embassy Sector. Brasília was inscribed as a UN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juscelino Kubitschek
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (; 12 September 1902 – 22 August 1976), also known by his initials JK, was a Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. Kubitschek's government plan, dubbed "50 years in 5", was centered on economic and social development. During Presidency of Juscelino Kubitschek, his term the country experienced a period of notable economic growth and relative political stability. However, there was also a significant increase in external debt, inflation, income concentration and wage erosion. At the time, there was no re-election and, on 31 January 1961, he was succeeded by Jânio Quadros, supported by the National Democratic Union (Brazil), UDN. Kubitschek is best known for the construction of Brazil's new capital: Brasília, which was inaugurated on 21 April 1960, replacing Rio de Janeiro. Kubitschek was born in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, in 1902. His father, João César de Oliveira, died w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umuarama
Umuarama is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. Its population was 112,500 inhabitants in 2020. Umuarama is one of the most important cities in Paraná, one of the three states of southern Brazil. The city elevation is 430 m (1,300 feet) above sea level and the rainfall is about 1600mm/year (63 inches/yr). Umuarama is known as "The Capital of Friendship". History The municipality was founded in 1955, and colonized by Companhia Melhoramentos Norte do Paraná, a company that settled an important number of cities in Northern Paraná. Tourism There are a lot of places to visit in Umuarama, the most important are: * Expo Umuarama * Aratimbó Lake * Uirapuru Park * Park of Xetas (also known as Indian's Park) * Streetmarkets * The replica of Eiffel Tower at the Estância Paris * Tucuruvi Lake Umuarama is served by Orlando de Carvalho Airport. Numbers * 618 Industries * 20 Bank agencies * 7 Hospitals * 4 Universities ( State University of Maringá, Unipar, FGU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cianorte
Cianorte is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil, with an estimated population of 83,816, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics in 2020. History The city was planned as a " garden city" and founded by the Company for the Improvement of the North of Paraná (Companhia Melhoramentos Norte do Paraná), a British company for which it was named. In the beginning of the 20th century the region was dominated by a subtropical forest and totally wild, except for the Road of Peabiru, used by the Portuguese to connect the Guaira region, further west, to the coast. The road existed from the 17th century, but the first reported contact with the natives of the region, the Xetas, was in the 1930s. The Xetas, a group of three or four hundred, had their own language, and were early Iron Age in culture. The group vanished after they were contacted by the British in controversial and unexplained circumstances. In the 1940s the English company drew the city p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maringá
Maringá () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in southern Brazil founded on 10 May 1947 as a planned urban area. It is the third largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná, with 385,753 inhabitants in the city proper, and 764,906 in the metropolitan area (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE 2013). Located in northwestern Paraná, and crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn, it is a regional centre for commerce, services, agro-industries, and universities, including the State University of Maringá. History Toponymy Maringá takes its name from a song by Joubert de Carvalho in honour of his great love, Maria do Ingá, later shortened to Maringá. As a result, the city is nicknamed "Song City". At the time the settlement was established, the song was very popular in the media. Settlement In 1925, the Northern Paraná Land Company was established in London, England and was responsible for the management of more than in the northern part of the Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Londrina
Londrina (, literally "Little London") is a city located in the north of the state of Paraná (state), Paraná, South Region, Brazil, and is 388 km (241 miles) away from the state capital, Curitiba. It is the second largest city in the state and fourth largest in the southern region of the country, with 555.965 inhabitants in the whole municipality (2022). Londrina was originally explored by British settlers, and then officially established in 1930 by a small group of Italian, Japanese and German settlers. It rapidly became the commercial, political, and cultural centre of the state's northern pioneer zone. Its universities include the State University of Londrina, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (Londrina State University) and the Federal University of Technology – Paraná, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (Federal University of Technology – Paraná). Demography The city was named after British entrepreneurs who launched railroad stations in the region to ease t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraná (state)
Paraná () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, in the Southern Region, Brazil, south of the country. It is bordered in the north by São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, in the east by the Atlantic Ocean, in the south by Santa Catarina state and the province of Misiones Province, Misiones, Argentina, and in the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraguay, with the Paraná River as its western boundary. It is subdivided into List of municipalities in Paraná, 399 municipalities, and its capital is the city of Curitiba. Other major cities are Londrina, Maringá, Ponta Grossa, Cascavel, São José dos Pinhais and Foz do Iguaçu. The state is home to 5.4% of the Brazilian population and generates 6.2% of the Brazilian GDP. Crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn, Paraná has what is left of the araucaria forest, one of the most important subtropical forests in the world. At the border with Argentina is the National Park of Iguaçu, considered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. from there, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federative Units Of Brazil
The federative units of Brazil () are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation, and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which together form the Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil. There are #List, 26 states (') and Federal District (Brazil), one federal district ('). The states are generally based on historical, conventional borders which have developed over time. The states are divided into municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, while the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District assumes the competences of both a state and a municipality. Government The government of each state of Brazil is divided into executive branch, executive, legislative branch, legislative and judiciary branches. The state executive branch is headed by a state governor and includes a vice governor, both elected by the citizens of the state. The governor appoints several secretaries of state (each one in charge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Territory Of Ponta Porã
The Federal Territory of Ponta Porã (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Território Federal de Ponta Porã'') was composed of seven municipalities dismembered from the south of Mato Grosso: Bela Vista, Mato Grosso do Sul, Bela Vista, Dourados, Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul, Maracaju, Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, Miranda, Nioaque, Ponta Porã and Porto Murtinho. All of them were border areas and some of them comprised the extremity of Brazil's political-administrative possessions. The administrative unit was established in 1944 between the Paraná River, Paraná and Paraguay River, Paraguay, rivers with important fluvial circulation in the southern region of Mato Grosso. Throughout its existence, the Federal Territory of Ponta Porã was administered by three governors: Colonel , Major José Guiomard, José Guiomard dos Santos and José Alves de Albuquerque. Administrative organization At the beginning of 1944, Colonel Ramiro Noronha was appointed as the first governor of the Fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
