Contenda

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Contenda

Total population

19,128

Elevation878 m

Land area299.04 km²

Coordinates-25.68°, -49.54°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Contenda is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the South Region of Brazil.Named Potato Capital after the Emperor D. Pedro II visit Lapa City, at 1880. área : 344,8 km². A healthy country town province of plantation by Curitiba

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Paraná

• Catanduvas do Sul
  4.8 mi away
• Guajuvira (de Baixo)
  5.7 mi away
• Mariental
  7.5 mi away
• Mandirituba
  14.6 mi away · pop. 27,439
• Pangaré
  16.7 mi away
• Ferraria
  17.2 mi away
• São Luiz do Purunã
  18.5 mi away
• Campo do Tenente
  22.9 mi away · pop. 7,508
• Doce Grande
  24.6 mi away
• Colônia Witmarsum
  25 mi away · pop. 2,000
• Tijucas do Sul
  28 mi away · pop. 17,621
• Palmeira
  33.7 mi away · pop. 33,855

Browse all places in Paraná →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Contenda

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-10-03

Lycosa erythrognatha

Lycosa erythrognatha

Seen 2026-09-12

Guira Cuckoo

Guira guira

Seen 2026-06-23

Big-eared Opossum

Didelphis aurita

Seen 2026-06-13

Cydia araucariae

Cydia araucariae

Seen 2026-06-04

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Seen 2026-05-12

Laothus phydela

Laothus phydela

Seen 2026-04-05

Eared Dove

Zenaida auriculata

Seen 2026-04-04

Artillery Plant

Pilea microphylla

Seen 2026-03-28

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers