Palhoça

Palhoça is a municipality in eastern Santa Catarina, Brazil. It is located on the Atlantic coast, 17 km (10 mi) from the state’s capital, Florianópolis.

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Settlement.official_name: Palhoça
Settlement.image_skyline: Guarda do embau.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Boats at Guarda do Embau, Palhoça
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira Palhoça.png
Settlement.image_seal: Brasao_Palhoça.png
Settlement.image_map: SantaCatarina Municip Palhoca.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Palhoça
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name: Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_name1: South
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Santa Catarina
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Eduardo Freccia
Settlement.leader_party: PSD

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: palhocense
Population: 68430
Area: 394.662
Elevation: 3
Official website: www.palhoca.sc.gov.br
Image: Guarda do embau.jpg
Dialing code: 048

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Commons category: Palhoça
Human Development Index: 0.757
inception: 1793-07-17
electorate: 132842

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Palhoça is a municipality in eastern Santa Catarina, Brazil. It is located on the Atlantic coast, 17 km (10 mi) from the state’s capital, Florianópolis.

==History== Palhoça was founded in 1793, when the city was part of the route between Lages and Florianópolis, in order to protect the state capital from possible invasions. Its name comes from “straw roof,” so called because of the large number of houses with this type of roof at the time, when the first inhabitants of Palhoça were natives.