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History of Ponta Grossa


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Ponta Grossa was founded in 1822, being created in 1823 the "Star Town", its first denomination. On April 1855, the town became a city, being separated from Castro and named Ponta Grossa.

The city in its beginning, in the seventeenth century, was oriented by the geographic location and being a route and stop for the sleeping of "troops", transport of resources and trade between the cities of Viamão (on southern Brazil) and Sorocaba (on center-east). Nowadays, Ponta Grossa has the biggest road and rail complex of the south region of the country.

The city already was

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