History

In 1940, the lands of the region that is now the city of Mato Rico started to be occupied. These were provided by the state government, and acquired by people who migrated to the region looking for low-cost land for subsistence farming

Subsistence agriculture

Subsistence agriculture is self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed their families. The typical subsistence farm has a range of crops and animals needed by the family to eat and clothe themselves during the year. Planting decisions are made with an eye...

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The settlement grew up and developed from the next year on, when the inhabitants started to settle near the road that served the city. The first school and the first cemetery were built in 1942 and in 1945, respectively. People of Polish, Ukrainian, Italian, Portuguese, Indigenous and African descent also migrated to the city. On January 31, 1991, the city became independent from Pitanga

Pitanga, Paraná

Pitanga, Paraná is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...

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Geography

The municipality has an area of 394,533 m², representing 0.1979% of the state, 0.07% of the region and 0.0046% of all the Brazilian territory. The altitude if of 700 m. According to the Köppen climate classification

Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...

, the climate is type Cfb

Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also called marine west coast climate, maritime climate, Cascadian climate and British climate for Köppen climate classification Cfb and subtropical highland for Köppen Cfb or Cwb, is a type of climate typically found along the west coasts at the middle latitudes of some of the...

. The annual average temperature is 20°C. The maximum temperature is 22°C in the summer and the minimum is 18°C in the winter. Normally, it may rain between 1,700-1,900 mm every year.

Economy

The city's economy largely relies on agriculture. There are many small properties, most of them measuring 22.4 ha, and most of them using low or medium technology. The main products are: corn

Maize

Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...

, cattle

Cattle

Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...

, bean

Bean

Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae used for human food or animal feed....

, rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

, cotton

Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....

, soy. Some emerging activities include beekeeping

Beekeeping

Beekeeping is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. A beekeeper keeps bees in order to collect honey and other products of the hive , to pollinate crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers...

 and sericulture

Sericulture

Sericulture, or silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk.Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. According to Confucian texts, the discovery of silk production by B...

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