Balneário Gaivota

Balneário Gaivota
Municipality
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Country Brazil
RegionSouth
StateSanta Catarina
MesoregionSul Catarinense
Population
 (2023 [1])
 • Total15,669
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Balneário Gaivota is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5] Balneario Gaivota has the largest beach shore in Santa Catarina .


The municipality is known for its beautiful beaches and wonderful lagoons, and its boardwalk. It has 23km of waterfront (the largest in the state of Santa Catarina), with 49 small beaches throughout its length having in the south one of the most beautiful beaches from Santa Catarina Areias Claras ( White sands) and the municipality is the top 10 national In population growing.

The city was emancipated from the neighbouring municipality, Sombrio, on December 29, 1995, through Law 10.054/1995. The locality developed due to the practice of exploratory fishing, an activity that until today, together with tourism and estate properties are one of the main ones in the economy of the municipality.

It makes limits with the municipalities of Sombrio, to the West, Balneário Arroio do Silva, to the North, Passo de Torres, to the South, and the Atlantic Ocean, to the East.

In the summer the city reaches over 100k tourists.

the economy of the city is based in tourism, fisheries and estate properties.

See also

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.

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