🇧🇷 Brusque is a city in Santa Catarina, Brazil. It was founded in 1860, by 55 German immigrants. The city was originally called Colônia Itajahy, but in 1890 it was renamed Brusque after former Santa Catarina province president Francisco Carlos de Araújo Brusque.
1Sport The official football team is Brusque Futebol Clube, founded on October 12, 1987.Brusque has a strong women's volleyball team in the Brazilian Super League.
1Curiosities - The city is a pioneer in the invention of the voting machine, and the first polling station to use it was also in Brusque (1988).
First Latin American city to have public computers (1995).
Headquarters of the first spinning industry of Santa Catarina (1892 - Textile Factory Renaux).
Headquarters of the only English colony of Santa Catarina (1867).
The only city in Brazil to use chlorine dioxide to treat water consumed by the population.
Current ethnic composition: 90% Whites; 5% Pardos; 4% Blacks; 0.5% Native American; 0.5% Asian. Original Population: 50% German; 30% Italian; 10% Portuguese; 9% African; 1% Asian.
1Religions 80% Catholics; 15% Lutherans; 4% Evangelicals; 1% Jehovah's Witness.
1Brusque has a population of over 137,700 people. Brusque also forms part of the wider Blumenau District which has a population of over 361,855 people. It is also a part of the larger Vale do Itajaí Region.
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🇧🇷 Balneário Camboriú -26.983
🇵🇾 San Ignacio -26.883
🇧🇷 Rio do Sul -27.205
🇦🇺 Moreton Bay -27.283
🇵🇾 Encarnación -27.317
🇦🇷 Concepción -27.333
🇿🇦 Bothaville -27.383
🇧🇷 Abaetetuba -48.874
🇧🇷 Balneário Camboriú -48.633
Locations Near: Brusque -48.9187,-27.0953
🇧🇷 Blumenau -49.067,-26.918 d: 24.5
🇧🇷 Itapema -48.612,-27.091 d: 30.3
🇧🇷 Balneário Camboriú -48.633,-26.983 d: 30.9
🇧🇷 Camboriú -48.633,-26.983 d: 30.9
🇧🇷 Itajaí -48.667,-26.9 d: 33.1
🇧🇷 Biguaçu -48.667,-27.5 d: 51.4
🇧🇷 São José -48.617,-27.6 d: 63.6
🇧🇷 Palhoça -48.667,-27.633 d: 64.8
🇧🇷 Jaraguá do Sul -49.077,-26.492 d: 68.9
🇧🇷 Santa Catarina -48.5,-27.6 d: 69.7
Antipodal to: Brusque 131.081,27.095
🇯🇵 Amami 129.483,28.367 d: 19803.6
🇯🇵 Nago 127.978,26.592 d: 19702.2
🇯🇵 Uruma 127.85,26.367 d: 19684.1
🇯🇵 Okinawa 127.809,26.409 d: 19681.3
🇯🇵 Okinawa City 127.793,26.343 d: 19678
🇯🇵 Ginowan 127.78,26.279 d: 19674.8
🇯🇵 Urasoe 127.734,26.254 d: 19669.6
🇯🇵 Naha 127.702,26.199 d: 19664.8
🇯🇵 Makishi 127.667,26.2 d: 19661.5
🇯🇵 Tomigusuku 127.667,26.15 d: 19659.8