Panorama of German Communities
The German Brazilian areas form, today, a Brazilian region with its own character, made up of towns and large concentrations of residents around the church, commerce and school. These rural villages are connected to major cities where the economy was diversified, adding cottage industries to the original agricultural production. In this way, the Southern Brazilian areas of European settlements formed a prosperous regional economy and a European cultural landscape, contrasting with the relative Portuguese-Brazilian uniformity found in the rest of Brazil. In recent years a large industrial development has occurred in these areas, stemming from the cottage industry. Some of the old German communities are now prosperous industrial centers, such as São Leopoldo, Novo Hamburgo, Blumenau, Joinville and Itajaí. The Germans became entrepreneurs due to their knowledge of more complex techniques of production than those dominated by other Brazilians. In addition their bilingualism gave them better European contacts.
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| City | Population(2010) | State |
|---|---|---|
| Joinville | 515.288 | Santa Catarina |
| Blumenau | 309.011 | Santa Catarina |
| Petrópolis | 296.044 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Novo Hamburgo | 239.051 | Rio Grande do Sul |
| São Leopoldo | 214.210 | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Nova Friburgo | 182.016 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Itajaí | 172.081 | Santa Catarina |
| Jaraguá do Sul | 143.123 | Santa Catarina |
| Santa Cruz do Sul | 118.287 | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Brusque | 105.503 | Santa Catarina |
| German Brazilians | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | 1872 | 1890 | 1920 | 1940 | 1950 |
| Santa Catarina | 7% | 20,5% | 22,34% | ||
| Rio Grande do Sul | 13,3% | 19,3% | 21,6% | ||
| Paraná | 6,9% | ||||
| São Paulo | 2,5% |
| German Brazilians in Espírito Santo | |
|---|---|
| Year | Population |
| 1960 | 73.000 |
| 1980 | 145.000 |
| 2004 | 250.000 |
| Ethnic Groups in Blumenau - Last decade of the 19th century | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Percentage |
| Germans | 70% |
| Italians | 15% |
| Others | 15% |
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