States or Territories

Parana

State

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Parana." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/parana.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Parana. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/parana

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-parana,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Parana},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/parana},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Parana is one of the 26 states of Brazil, in the south of the country. It is bordered in the north by Sao Paulo state, in the east by the Atlantic Ocean, in the south by Santa Catarina and the Argentine province of Misiones, and in the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraguay, with the Parana River as its western boundary. Its capital is Curitiba, and its population was recorded at 11,890,517 in 2025 across an area of 199,298.982 square kilometers.

Facts

Capital

Curitiba 1

Population

11,890,517 1

2025 estimate from Parana's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Area (sq km)

199,298.982 1

Latitude

24 degrees south 1

Longitude

51 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Brazil

Parana is a state of Brazil.

Source Parana (Wikipedia)

Curitiba

Curitiba is the capital and largest city of the state of Parana.

Source Curitiba (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Curitiba

Curitiba is the capital and largest city of the state of Parana.

Source Curitiba (Wikipedia)

On Continent

South America

Parana's own infobox names Brazil as its country (checked live this session); Brazil is on-continent South America (its own live edge, content.EntityRelationship, checked this session), so Parana is on-continent South America.

Source Parana (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Parana (Wikipedia)

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