Ascurra is a municipality located in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil. Ascurra has a strong Italian culture due to its colonization in 1876 by farmers from Welschtirol. Hermann Blumenau (1819–1899) named the municipality after a point in Serra do Ibitirapé, Paraguay of the same name that was taken by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War in 1869. Ascurra covers 110.901 km2, and has a population of 7,978 with a population density of 70 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Geography

Ascurra is located 40 km from Blumenau and 200 km from the state capital of Florianópolis. The Itajaí-Açu River crosses Ascurra.

Economy

Mainly from the rice agriculture.

Transportation

Events

Per Tutti – A high Tirolean-influenced party that occurs between August and September.