Paranaguá

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Paranaguá

Total population

145,829

Coordinates-25.51°, -48.52°

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

Overview

Paranaguá is a city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. Founded in 1648, it is Paraná's oldest city. It is known for the Port of Paranaguá, which serves as both the sea link for Curitiba, 110 kilometres (68 mi) to the west and the capital of Paraná, and as one of the largest ports of Brazil.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto

Brazilian politician (1905-1978)

Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha

Brazilian composer (1846–1913)

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Júlia da Costa

Brazilian writer (1844-1911)

Jorge Lacerda

Brazilian politician (1914-1958)

S

Sandro Luiz da Silva

Brazilian footballer

M

Marcelo Messias

Brazilian footballer

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Abdo Aref Kudri

Brazilian journalist

Agostinho Ermelino de Leão

Brazilian politician

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Cândido Ferreira de Abreu

Brazilian politician

Erbo Stenzel

Brazilian plastic artist and sculptor of Austrian and German ancestry from Paraná (1911–1980)

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Hugo Simas

Brazilian lawyer

Ildefonso Pereira Correia

Brazilian politician

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Iseu de Santo Elias Affonso da Costa

Brazilian physician (1926-2010)

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Jean Gonçalves da Silva

Brazilian association football player

J

Joaquim Xavier Neves

Brazilian politician

John Lineker

Brazilian martial artist

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

Nearby places in Paraná

• Pontal do Paraná
  10.9 mi away · pop. 30,425
• Pontal do Sul
  10.9 mi away
• Antonina
  13.2 mi away · pop. 18,091
• Morretes
  19.5 mi away
• Quatro Barras
  35.8 mi away · pop. 24,191
• Tijucas do Sul
  49.8 mi away · pop. 17,621
• Mandirituba
  53.3 mi away · pop. 27,439
• Cerro Azul
  66.4 mi away · pop. 16,134
• Colônia Witmarsum
  81.2 mi away · pop. 2,000
• Rio Negro
  89.2 mi away · pop. 31,324
• Palmeira
  92.3 mi away · pop. 33,855
• Carambeí
  107 mi away · pop. 23,283

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 Paranaguá

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Bella Mapwing

Hypanartia bella

Seen 2026-09-15

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-09-14

Ruby-spotted Swallowtail

Heraclides anchisiades

Seen 2026-09-11

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Seen 2026-09-08

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Seen 2026-09-07

Rufous Hornero

Furnarius rufus

Seen 2026-09-07

Fawn-breasted Tanager

Pipraeidea melanonota

Seen 2026-09-07

Common Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus dominicanus

Seen 2026-09-05

Largeflower pink-sorrel

Oxalis debilis

Seen 2026-09-05

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

Official Identifiers