Pato Branco ("White Duck" in English) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The municipality covers 537,8 km² (206.7 mi²) and has a population of 83,843 (2020

IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. IBGE performs a decennial national cen ...

estimate). Pato Branco started off as a village in 1942 and was given status as a city December 14, 1952. It has two private colleges, Faculdade Mater Dei and Faculdade de Pato Branco, and a campus of the Federal University of Technology - Paraná. The city has experienced a positive economic development throughout the last few years. Pato Branco is located 760 meters above sea level and has a sub-tropical climate with warm summers and mild winters, morning frost being usual during the winter season. Occasional snowfall. There is no defined period of drought. The coldest month of the year is July with an average temperature of 14.2 °C (57.6 °F). January is the warmest month with an average of 22.5 °C (72.5 °F). The current mayor (elected for 2021–2024) is Robson Cantu. The city has a small commercial airport with flights to

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the larg ...

( Juvenal Loureiro Cardoso Airport). Former Brazil International footballer,

Alexandre Pato Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva (; born 2 September 1989), commonly known as Alexandre Pato () or just Pato, is a Brazilian former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Pato began ...

is from the city. He notably played in Europe for the likes of

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Rogério Ceni Rogério Ceni (; born 22 January 1973) is a Brazilian professional Association football, football Coach (sport), coach and former player who is in charge of Esporte Clube Bahia, Bahia. He is considered one of the all-time greatest Brazilian Goalk ...

, a notable goalkeeper that won the

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and as of 2022, he own the record of most goals scored by a goalkeeper, with 131 goals also was born in the city.

Climate

According to the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

, Pato Branco is classified as

oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen climate classification, Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of co ...

(Köppen climate classification: ''Cfb''), the annual temperature on summer is 28°C, on winter, the temperature reaches to 12°C, rarely below 5°C.

Notable people

(born 1989), footballer *

(born 1973), football manager and former goalkeeper * Gabriel Casagrande (born 1994), racing driver * Lucas Ostapiv (born 1997), taekwondo practitioner. * Deltan Dallagnol (born 1980), politician. * Bozena, a well known fictional character played by Alessandra Maestrini in the television sitcom

Toma Lá, Dá Cá ''Toma Lá, Dá Cá'' (English: ''Give-and-Take'') is a Brazilian television sitcom created by Maria Carmem Barbosa and Miguel Falabella, which aired on Rede Globo from August 7, 2007, to December 22, 2009, over three seasons. It started as a ye ...

, is a maid always recounting bizarre stories from her home town, Pato Branco.

References

External links

Official site
Municipalities in Paraná {{ParanáBR-geo-stub