Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Londrina is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Paraná, in the South Region of Brazil, 381 km from the state capital, Curitiba. It is considered by the CGU (Office of the Comptroller General) to be the most transparent city in Paraná.
According to the IBGE, in 2025 its population is estimated at 581,382 inhabitants, making it the second most populous city in the state and the fourth in the South Region, behind the state capital Curitiba, Porto Alegre and Joinville. An important hub of state and regional development, Londrina is a key axis linking the South to the Southeast of the country, and an important urban, economic, industrial, financial, administrative and cultural centre of northern Paraná.
Founded on 10 December 1934 through State Decree No. 2519, with an urban layout planned by the urbanist Jorge Macedo Vieira, following Ebenezer Howard's garden city principle. The city flourished and experienced high rates of population and economic growth throughout the 20th century, initially supported by coffee planting and trade, and Londrina gained the nickname “Coffee Capital” during that period.
Text: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Read the full article on Wikipedia (in Portuguese)