Apucarana

The city is served by Cap. João Busse Airport[http://www.aeroportos.pr.gov.br/modules/conteudo/conteudo.php?conteudo=6 Apucarana - SSAP (Cap. João Busse)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706155944/http://www.aeroportos.pr.gov.br/modules/conteudo/conteudo.php?conteudo=6 |date=July 6, 2011 }} at official Paraná website. Retrieved 2008-09-18. which is located 10 kilometers (5 nautical miles) southeast of Apucarana.[http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=23%B033%2703%22S+51%B027%2739%22W-SSAP%0D%0A&RANGE=&PATH-COLOR=red&PATH-UNITS=km&PATH-MINIMUM=&SPEED-GROUND=&SPEED-UNITS=kts&RANGE-STYLE=best&RANGE-COLOR=navy&MAP-STYLE= Distance & heading from Apucarana to airport (SSAP)] as calculated by Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2008-09-18.

In agriculture, the city stands in production of coffee, soy, beans and corn. The industry stands out for leather production (3% of Brazil's total) and the manufacturing of caps (80% of production in Brazil).

File:Apucpref.jpg in the 1980s. Today the city has more than 20.000 sakuras.{{cite web |title=Cerejeiras enfeitam cidade no norte do Paraná| publisher=Jornal Nacional|language=pt| access-date=2011-07-15| url=http://jornalnacional.globo.com/Telejornais/JN/0,,MUL1243172-10406,00-CEREJEIRAS+ENFEITAM+CIDADE+NO+NORTE+DO+PARANA.html}}]]

The city received thousands of immigrants from Portugal, Ukraine, Poland, Germany and especially from Japan (who did strong influence in culture like in the Buddhist religion and the amount of cherry trees planted - the city has more than 20,000 sakuras and annually do the "Cherry Festival" to celebrate the Japanese culture).

source : PARDES 2010

The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Apucarana.

• Anderson - Retired footballer
• Bruno Henrique - Footballer
• César Romero - Footballer
• Gazão - Footballer
• Giovane Vieira de Paula - Paracanoeist
• Guilherme Azevedo - Footballer
• Izabella Camargo - Journalist
• Randas Batista - medical doctor and cardiac surgeon

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|location = Apucarana, elevation {{convert|746|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1976–2005 normals, extremes 1962–2002)

|Jan record high C = 34.7

|Feb record high C = 34.2

|Mar record high C = 33.3

|Apr record high C = 32.6

|May record high C = 30.2

|Jun record high C = 29.0

|Jul record high C = 30.8

|Aug record high C = 33.1

|Sep record high C = 36.5

|Oct record high C = 34.9

|Nov record high C = 37.6

|Dec record high C = 35.0

|Jan record low C = 11.0

|Feb record low C = 12.6

|Mar record low C = 8.0

|Apr record low C = 2.8

|May record low C = 0.1

|Jun record low C = -1.0

|Jul record low C = -4.7

|Aug record low C = -0.4

|Sep record low C = 2.4

|Oct record low C = 7.2

|Nov record low C = 9.0

|Dec record low C = 10.9

|Jan high C = 28.4

|Feb high C = 28.4

|Mar high C = 28.3

|Apr high C = 26.5

|May high C = 23.6

|Jun high C = 22.3

|Jul high C = 22.6

|Aug high C = 24.6

|Sep high C = 25.3

|Oct high C = 26.9

|Nov high C = 27.8

|Dec high C = 28.0

| year high C =

|Jan mean C = 23.0

|Feb mean C = 23.0

|Mar mean C = 22.7

|Apr mean C = 20.9

|May mean C = 18.4

|Jun mean C = 17.1

|Jul mean C = 17.1

|Aug mean C = 18.7

|Sep mean C = 19.5

|Oct mean C = 21.1

|Nov mean C = 22.0

|Dec mean C = 22.6

| year mean C =

|Jan low C = 19.3

|Feb low C = 19.4

|Mar low C = 18.8

|Apr low C = 16.9

|May low C = 14.9

|Jun low C = 13.7

|Jul low C = 13.3

|Aug low C = 14.6

|Sep low C = 15.2

|Oct low C = 16.6

|Nov low C = 17.5

|Dec low C = 18.6

| year low C =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 209.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 186.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 153.7

|Apr precipitation mm = 116.8

|May precipitation mm = 135.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 122.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 66.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 63.7

|Sep precipitation mm = 138.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 161.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 153.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 196.7

|year precipitation mm =

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 15

| Feb precipitation days = 14

| Mar precipitation days = 12

| Apr precipitation days = 8

| May precipitation days = 8

| Jun precipitation days = 7

| Jul precipitation days = 6

| Aug precipitation days = 6

| Sep precipitation days = 8

| Oct precipitation days = 10

| Nov precipitation days = 11

| Dec precipitation days = 13

| year precipitation days =

| Jan humidity = 76

| Feb humidity = 77

| Mar humidity = 74

| Apr humidity = 70

| May humidity = 70

| Jun humidity = 70

| Jul humidity = 64

| Aug humidity = 60

| Sep humidity = 63

| Oct humidity = 66

| Nov humidity = 66

| Dec humidity = 73

| year humidity =

|Jan sun = 210.2

|Feb sun = 185.8

|Mar sun = 225.9

|Apr sun = 229.8

|May sun = 217.2

|Jun sun = 210.5

|Jul sun = 237.8

|Aug sun = 231.2

|Sep sun = 196.5

|Oct sun = 218.7

|Nov sun = 220.6

|Dec sun = 206.7

|year sun =

| source 1 = Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA){{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240114130030/https://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/143521/1/Atlas-climatico-da-regiao-Sul-do-Brasil.pdf

| archive-date = 14 January 2024

| url = https://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/143521/1/Atlas-climatico-da-regiao-Sul-do-Brasil.pdf

| title = Atlas climático da Região Sul do Brasil: Estados do Paraná, Santa Catarina e Rio Grande do Sul.

| publisher= EMBRAPA

| access-date = 25 May 2024}}

| source 2 = IDR-Paraná (precipitation days and sun 1962–2002){{cite web

| url = https://www.idrparana.pr.gov.br/system/files/publico/agrometeorologia/medias-historicas/Apucarana.pdf

| title = Medias_Historicas - Apucarana

| publisher= IDR-Paraná

| access-date = 24 May 2024}}

}}

{{reflist|2}}

• [http://www.apucarana.pr.gov.br/ Prefeitura Municipal de Apucarana (City of Apucarana)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090124031255/http://portaldeapucarana.com.br/ Informações sobre a Cidade (Business and Information from Apucarana)]

Category:Municipalities in Paraná