Campo Mourão is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. Its population in 2020 was 95,488. The people from Campo Mourão are called Mourãoenses.
History
The region of the "Fields" bordered by the Atlantic forest and Araucaria, headquarters of the Nation Guarani, began to be visited by the Spanish Jesuits between 1524 and 1541 and by the Paulist from 1628. The region belonged to the former Spanish possession call Guairá Province, with capital in Asunción, Paraguay today.
In 1765 it began to be raided by government militias in the captaincy of São Paulo, who named the valley between the wilderness and rivers Ivaí Piquiri of "Campos do Mourão" in homage to the governor of the captaincy of São Paulo, Luís António de Sousa Botelho Mourão (commonly known as Morgado de Mateus).
In the 1890s the natural pasture and native vegetation of the "Campo Mourão" served as a resting spot for travelers who passed through the region, playing herds to negotiate in Mato Grosso do Sul in 1903 came and stood at "Campos do Mourão "The family of São Paulo Matheus Vieira dos Santos (better known as Tirso) Baron Portuguese Henrique Cardoso of Jesus, with his wife, Baroness Sarah Elizabeth Cardoso, and admired and prestigious family of William, followed by Andrade, Caramel, Davanso, Rinaldo, Oliveira, Mendonça, Flores, Ribeiro Mendes and guarapuavanos Gustavo, Paulatti Peri, John Benedict, Norberto Marcondes, Jorge Walter (Russian), among other pioneers such as Barbara Louise Ferreira Tiago Hobold followed by their families Metchko, Brzezinski, Staniszewski, Hruschka, Schumoski, Zalewski, Klanke, Wronski, Slomp, Kwitshal, Behrens, Seratiuk, Almeida, Heickhoff, Lokonski and others with Germans, Ukrainians, Poles, Italians and Japanese who settled in large areas within Campos do Mourão. Campo Mourão until 1943 belonged to the Guarapuava.
In 1947 Campo Mourão was made a separate municipality. Its first mayor was José Antonio dos Santos appointed in October 1947 and then Pedro Viriato de Sousa Filho became the first elected mayor. Until the 1960s the city of Campo Mourão understand all the micro and 12 municipalities that were part of today to their administrative districts. In the 80s, were separated from their last two administrative districts: Luiziana Lighthouse and the West, leaving just the tutelage of his district Piquirivaí. Has its origins in ancient roads where they went flying circus and stores coming from Mato Grosso and São Paulo to destinations west of Paraná
Economy
The city is predominantly agricultural. Its main agricultural products are soybeans and corn. Campo Mourão is home to Coamo, the largest cooperative in Brazil and the third largest in the world. In recent years, the city has attracted large companies such as Colacril Paraná Ltda (largest adhesive manufacturing plant in Latin America), VRI Electronics and Frangobras (Tyson Foods of Brazil).
Highways
Campo Mourão, due to its location at a major junction of highways, receives a large flow of vehicles, especially those heading to Foz do Iguaçu, the main tourist attraction in the frontier with Argentina and Paraguay. The following highways cross the county area of Campo Mourao: 487 - Campo Mourão/Cruzeiro do Oeste (Boiadeira)/Guarapuava/Curitiba BR 158 - Campo Mourão/Peabiru - Campo Mourão/Roncador PR 317 - Campo Mourão/Maringá BR 369 - Campo Mourão/Cascavel BR 272 - Campo Mourão/Goioerê - Campo Mourão/Barbosa Ferraz
Airport
Campo Mourão is served by Cel. Geraldo Guias de Aquino Airport.
Culture
Touristic sights
The main sights of Campo Mourão are: St. Joseph Cathedral (in Portuguese: Catedral São José)