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Old Posted Jul 28, 2019, 1:00 PM
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Londrina: bringing something different to SSP

Londrina is a mid-sized southern Brazilian city (560,000 inh. in city proper, 720,000 in the urban area, and just above 1 million in its - polycentric - metro area).

It was founded by the British entrepreneurs from the Paraná Plantation company in the middle of Mata Atlântica (tropical/subtropical rain forest) in the 1930's. Few British were left and the city is mostly Italian, with strong German, Spanish, Portuguese and Arab background. Londrina is also regarded by its huge Japanese community: about 30,000 in the city (and over 100,000 in northern Paraná state) which makes Londrina the second biggest "Japanese" city in Brazil and one of the largest outside Japan, along São Paulo (the largest), New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and Honolulu. Till today is trivial to hear the Japanese language in the streets, particularly among the elderly.

Londrina is a very strong education, medical, services and retail center, serving as a regional hub. Agrobusiness is also very important as the city is seated right in the middle of Brazilian breadbasket, on the soybeans, maize and wheat belts.

Anyway, let's take a look on her. Pics were taken in mid-2017:
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