Telêmaco Borba
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Telêmaco Borba is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.[2][3][4]
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Telêmaco Borba | |
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Municipality | |
Nickname: Capital do Papel | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southern |
State | Paraná |
Mesoregion | Centro Oriental Paranaense |
Government | |
• Mayor | Márcio Matos |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 79,792 |
Time zone | UTC -3 |
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Telêmaco Borba is known as the "capital of paper" (Capital do Papel) and "capital of wood" (Capital da Madeira) due to the importance of paper and wood production to the local economy, with reforestation for growing pine and eucalyptus that reaches 90% of the agricultural area of the municipality.