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	Pato Branco

Quality of life and development of Pato Branco:

Pato Branco is among the 40 Brazilian cities with the best Human Development Index (HDI). It presents one of the biggest concentrations of masters and doctors per population in the country; almost 30 undergraduate courses (public and private); extremely low violence index and a structure of commerce and services which offers practically everything you can find in big centers to the citizens.

The base of the economy is formed by the sectors of agriculture and cattle breeding; education, (specially undergraduate and graduate courses); health, which is represented by three important hospitals (Policlínica Pato Branco, São Lucas Hospital and Thereza Mussi Hospital) and an Oncology Unit, that is the option for cancer treatment in the countryside of Paraná. In Pato Branco, there are more than 400 medical professionals who directly stimulate the services structure and other segments which are involved in these sectors and move the commerce in the region.

In the industrial segment, the most important sectors are metal-mechanics, with the production of pans and stoves; electronics, through the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR); furniture production and clothing.

Data:

Geographic position

Altitude: 760 meters
Latitude: 26º 13’ 46’’ – South
Longitude: 52º 40’ 14’’ – W-GR

Population
Total population: 62,167 (IBGE 2000)
Male: 30,025 Female: 32,142
Urban population: 56,739
Male: 27,233 Female: 29,506
Rural Population: 5,428
Male: 2,792 Female: 2,636
Estimated population: 68,735 habitants (IBGE 2005)
Voters: 45,140 (Electoral Register Office – Jan 2006)

Administration Division

Number of districts
1- São Roque do Chopim (soon to be changed to Nova Espero)

Town boarders
Bom Sucesso do Sul, Clevelândia, Coronel Vivida, Honório Serpa, Itapejara D’Oeste, Mariópolis, Renascença and Vitorino.

Climate
Humid Subtropical mesothermic climate, with hot summers and tendency to rain concentration (average temperature above 22ºC). Winters with occasional frost (average temperature below 18ºC), without defined dry season.

Geographic extension
Total area: 537.8 KM² or 53,780 hectares (source: SEMA/99)
Urban area: 71.23 KM² or 7,123 hectares.

Undergraduate courses

Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – Cefet PR

Management
Agronomy
Accounting
Mathematics (licentiate)
Technology in Industrial Process Automation
Technology in Works Management
Technology in Information Systems
Technology in Industrial Maintenance
Technology in Chemical Process Control

Fadep – Faculdades de Pato Branco

Management
Rural Management
International Trade
Information Management
Journalism
Advertising
Nursing
Physical Education
Physiotherapy
Nutrition
Pedagogy (Educational Orientation and School Supervision)
Psychology

Faculdade Mater Dei

Marketing
Information Management
International trade
Tourism
Information Systems
Law

Rural area: 466.57 KM² or 46,657 hectares.
Reforestation area: 68.74 hectares.
Native Forest: 6,191 hectares.
Permanent farming: 448.5 hectares.
Temporary farming: 23,786 hectares.
Riverheads qualified for consume: 558


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