Engenheiro Beltrão

Template:Template other Engenheiro Beltrão is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is about southwest of the city of Maringá. It was founded in 1954 It has an area of . It has a Humid subtropical climate. As of 2020 the estimated population was 13,981.

Geography

Engenheiro Beltrão is in the state of Paraná, Brazil.Template:Sfn It has an area of as of 2018.Template:Sfn The elevation above sea level is about . The municipality is on the left bank of the Ivaí River, in the central region of Paraná, to the northwest. It from Maringá, from Curitiba and from Foz do Iguaçu.Template:Sfn

History

Colonization of the region began in the 1930s, when peasants accompanied by their families moved into the fertile lands, which they bought at low prices and with easy payment terms, and cleared the virgin forest to make way for agriculture.Template:Sfn The Sociedade Técnica e Colonizadora Engenheiro Beltrão Ltda acquired a huge area of land before 1950 in the east of the municipality of Peabiru and the northeast of Campo Mourão, between the rivers Mourão and Ivaí. The company cleared, colonized and developed coffee plantations in the region, which would become the present municipality of Engenheiro Beltrão. The land was divided by the highway built from Campo Mourão to Maringá. The company founded the town of Engenheiro Beltrão on that road, named after the company's director Francisco Gutierrez Beltrão.Template:Sfn

On 14 November 1951 the land was made the district of Engenheiro Beltrão within the municipality of Campo Mourão. On 14 December 1951 the municipality of Peabiru was split off from Campo Mourão, including the district of Engenheiro Beltrão. On 26 November 1954 Engenheiro Beltrão was split from Peabiru as a separate municipality. The first elections of the municipal executive were held on 3 October 1954. Various other territorial splits and additions were made since then. As of 14 May 2001 the municipality had 6 districts: Engenheiro Beltrão, Figueira do Oeste, Ivailândia, Sertãozinho, Sussuí and Triângulo.Template:Sfn

Climate

The Köppen climate type is Cfa : Humid subtropical climate.Template:Sfn The average annual temperature is .Template:Sfn The average annual rainfall is .Template:Sfn

Engenheiro Beltrão, Paraná (state)|Paraná
Climate chart (explanation)
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Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     7.7     81 66     9.6     82 68     9.1     88 66     5.9     84 63     6.3     72 55     14     72 55     3.5     72 54     0.8     77 55     6.6     88 55     4.8     93 63     6.8     91 63     9.5     86 66 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Demographics

The population in the 2010 census was 13,906.Template:Sfn The estimated population as of 2019 was 14,000.Template:Sfn Population density as of 2010 was .Template:Sfn As of 2010, 97.8% of the population had attended school between the ages of 6 and 14. Also as of 2010, the municipal Human Development Index was 0.730. This compares to 0.489 in 1991 and 0.650 in 2000.Template:Sfn

On the 2010 census religion was reported as Catholic by 11,211 people, Evangelical by 2,220 people and Animism by 20 people.Template:Sfn

Economy

Agriculture is still the main economic activity in the region.Template:Sfn The land is very fertile, and produces a wide variety of crops, including grains and sugarcane. There is extensive chicken farming.Template:Sfn Industries include clothing production, which is growing, and the alcohol industry.Template:Sfn In 2017, the average monthly salary was 1.9 minimum wages. Employed people were 17.8% of the total population. Households with monthly income of up to half a minimum wage per person represent 30.2% of the population.Template:Sfn Recent estimates of GDP per capita:Template:Sfn

Health and sanitation

20.4% of households have adequate sanitation, 97.1% of urban households are on public roads with afforestation and 29.5% of urban households are on public roads with adequate urbanization (presence of manhole, sidewalk, pavement and curb).Template:Sfn Annual hospitalizations due to diarrhea are 5.8 per 1,000 inhabitants.Template:Sfn Deaths per 1,000 live births:Template:Sfn

• 2006: 5.18
• 2007: 16.04
• 2008: 13.51
• 2009: 6.02
• 2010: 11.83
• 2011: 12.66
• 2012: 24.84
• 2014: 15.71
• 2015: 50.56
• 2016: 17.54

Municipal finances

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Notable people

• Felipe Martins (b. 1990) – footballer