Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, or simply Santo Amaro, 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 Santa Catarina located close to the state capital

Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the South Region, Brazil, South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as we ...

and is connected to

Palhoça Palhoça is a municipality in Santa Catarina, Brazil. History Palhoça was founded in 1793, when the city was part of the way between Lages and Florianópolis in order to protect the capital state from possible invasions. Its name comes from " ...

BR-282 BR-282 is a federal highway in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The highway goes the entire length of the state from the state capital, Florianópolis on the Atlantic Ocean in the east, 680.6 km westward to the town of Para ...

in the northeast.

Location

The municipality contains part of the

Serra do Tabuleiro State Park Serra do Tabuleiro State Park () is a state park in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. It protects a mountainous area near the city of Florianópolis, covered in Atlantic Forest, which is an important source of drinking water. It also protects ...

, a protected area created in 1975. The lushly-forested park protects the sources of the Vargem do Braço,

Cubatão Cubatão is a city in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil, 12 kilometers away from Santos (São Paulo), Santos seaport, the largest in Latin America. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of the Baixada Santista. The population i ...

and D'Una rivers, which supply most of the drinking water for greater Florianópolis and the south coast region. There are several farms in the municipality. The only urban zone is situated in

Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ( ...

Santo Amaro.

Parties and festivals

The Festa do Divino Espírito Santo (Divine Holy Spirit Party) is the main religious celebration of the Florianópolis Region. Festa do Milho (Corn Festival) is another important festival of Santo Amaro.

Economy

Even though Santo Amaro is a small city, important enterprises were founded in the city. Imperatriz Supermarkets was founded in 1974 and is the most profitable supermarket of Santa Catarina. É de Casa Supermarkets is also another important supermarkets network. It is also the headquarters of LOJA DA IRRIGAÇÃO, distributor of RAIN BIRD in Santa Catarina. Auto Viação Imperatriz is the bus enterprise that drives people to

Águas Mornas Águas Mornas is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Santa Catarina. The municipality contains part of the Rio das Lontras Private Natural Heritage Reserve, a fully protected area of montane rainforest in the Atlantic Forest biome. It als ...

, São José and

. Imperatriz is also another important enterprise that manufactures

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. File:Hospital SFA.JPG, Hospital File:Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, Santa Catarina, Brasil.JPG, Street File:Foto Sto Amaro.jpg, Church of Santo Amaro da Imperatriz

References

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