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Serra do Rio do Rastro
Brazil's most spectacular mountain road: the SC-390 hurls itself up a 1,400 m escarpment in a ladder of floodlit hairpins with cliff-edge viewpoints over Santa Catarina.
27 km · about 30 min drive
Santa Catarina, Brazil · South America
Urussanga is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Cocal do Sul, 27km from Serra do Rio do Rastro.
Urussanga is a town located in Santa Catarina, Brazil. With a population of 20,919, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Urussanga sits in Brazil, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Sao Paulo time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Urussanga to your route.
Urussanga is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. The name means "very cold water" in the Tupi language.
Urussanga is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. It is at latitude 28º31'04" south and longitude 49º19'15" west, being at an altitude of 49 meters, andRead more
185 kilometers from the state capital Florianópolis. Its estimated population in 2020 was 21,344 inhabitants. It has an area of 237.41² kilometers.
Urussanga is also the name of the main river that cross the city. The village was founded by engineer Joaquim Vieira Ferreira on May 26, 1878 and emancipated on October 6, 1900. Main nucleus of Italian colonization in the south of the state, it stands out in gastronomy and wine production. It hosts the Wine Festival in even years, and Ritorno alle Origini in the odd ones: the first, always in August, and the second, on the city's anniversary, when the culture inherited from immigrants is celebrated, with much music, good food and good wine.
For a long time, the main economic activity was mineral coal extraction; the town is located in one of the main coal regions of the country (along with the municipalities of Lauro Müller, Siderópolis and Criciúma).
The most of current population's origin is Italian and the access roads to central area are SC-446 highway via Criciúma and Orleans and SC-445 via BR-101 (Morro da Fumaça).
The town is twinned with Longarone, in the province of Belluno, Veneto region, Italy.
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Urussanga is located in Santa Catarina, Brazil, South America. The coordinates are -28.5178 latitude, -49.3208 longitude.
Urussanga has a population of approximately 20,919 people, making it a town in Brazil.
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Brazil's most spectacular mountain road: the SC-390 hurls itself up a 1,400 m escarpment in a ladder of floodlit hairpins with cliff-edge viewpoints over Santa Catarina.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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A Santa Catarina mountain road whose summit passes through a corridor blasted deep into solid rock, linking Grao-Para to Urubici with sheer walls either side of the carriageway.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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