Guarapuava travel guide

Guarapuava is a city in the mid south of Paraná state in Brazil.
Guarapuava is located at 25°23'36" south and 51°27'19" west. The region is known as the centre of the state of Paraná, in the third plateau, also called of the Plateau of Guarapuava. Discovered by the Portuguese in 1770, and founded in 1810, the city's name comes from tupy guarani meaning brave wolf (lobo bravo in Portuguese).
The first families to settle in the city were formed through the Tropeiros, which came from Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul. These families had their roots in Poland, Italy and Germany. The city's birthday is celebrated on December 9th, due to the beginning of colonisation between Rio Coutinho and Rio Jordão, in the goodwill of Nossa Senhora de Belém in 1819.
Education
In 2006, there were 68 state-run schools.
Until 2000, there was only one higher education institution (Unicentro). Since then, new ones have been established (Faculdades Guarapuava, Faculdade Guairacá and Faculdades Campo Real).
Twin Town
Through Municipal Law 14/1988, Guarapuava has been declarared Twin Town, or Cidade Irmã with Rastatt, a city in Germany.
Geography
Altitude: 1.200 M over the ocean level
Area: 3.115,329 Km
Distance to Paranaguá: 361 Km
Distance to Curitiba: 258 Km
Climate
In summer the climate is pleasant, the highest temperature registred is 33ºC in february 1984, and the lowest is 6,8ºC in december 1982; the precipitations are formed principaly by the warmth associated to umity. In Winter the temperatures in some days are below 0ºC.
Statistics
Through statistics from IBGE in 2007 the quantity of population in Guarapuava is 164.567 hab. (...) more....