Campeche (Florianópolis)
Campeche is a district (port. Distrito ) and borough ( bairro ) of Florianópolis , the capital of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina . Like most of the city, the district is located on the island of Santa Catarina , southeast of the Lagoa da Conceição district , to which Campeche belonged until the end of 1995. Campeche had around 18,500 inhabitants in 2000 and comprises the three districts ( localidades ) Morro das Pedras, Praia do Campeche and Rio Tavares.
District structure
The three hamlets of Campeches are
- Campeche
- Morro das Pedras
- Rio Tavares
The two - statistically separate - living spaces also belong to the district
- Pedrita and
- Lagoa Pequena
The new housing estate between Campeche and Lagoa Pequena was built after 2002
- Novo Campeche .
Part of the district is also the uninhabited, almost 40 hectare island of Ilha do Campeche , which is in front of the main town.
history
In the twenties, the French air mail company Sociêté Latécoère set up a landing pad that was used to refuel the aircraft on the route between Paris and Buenos Aires . This was the first international airfield in southern Brazil. The commander of the route was the French writer and mail aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , who used Campeche to rest and made friends with some of the village's residents during his stays.
In his honor, the main street of the village was named after his most famous work and is called Avenida Pequeno Príncipe (in German: " Little Prince Allee").
Surname
The name has only been used for the beach since around 1860. It is derived from that of the offshore island Ilha do Campeche , the name of which probably refers to the plant pau de campeche ("Hematoxylon campechianum"). This beach was previously referred to as Praia do Mandu together with the north and south adjoining beaches ( Joaquina and Morro das Pedras ) .
Only one legend is that the name Campeche goes back to Zé Perri (nickname of Saint-Exupéry was given by the inhabitants) and is a corruption of the French expression "Champ de Pêche" (in German: "Fischfang-Feld").
economy
Until a few decades ago, the population of the main town lived almost exclusively from fishing, which is still the main source of income for some residents today, but its importance is increasingly being pushed aside by tourism.
Persons connected to Campeche
- Fabio Gouveia , former surf world champion; lives in Rio Tavares
- Gustavo Kuerten , tennis professional; lives in Morro das Pedras
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , writer
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Coordinates: 27 ° 40 ′ 59 ″ S , 48 ° 29 ′ 30 ″ W