Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, or simply Santo Amaro, is a small city located close to the state capital Florianópolis

Florianópolis

-Climate:Florianópolis experiences a warm humid subtropical climate, falling just short of a true tropical climate. The seasons of the year are distinct, with a well-defined summer and winter, and characteristic weather for autumn and spring. Frost is infrequent, but occurs occasionally in the winter...

 and is connect to Palhoça

Palhoça

-History:Palhoça was founded in 1793, when the city was part of the way between Lages and Florianópolis in order to protect the capital state from possible invasions. It name comes from “straw roof” because the huge quantity of houses with this kind of roof, once the first Palhoça citizens was the...

 by BR-282 in the northeast. There are several farms in the city and the only urban zone is situated on Downtown

Downtown

Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....

 Santo Amaro.

Parties and festivals

The Festa do Divino Espírito Santo (Divine Holy Spirit Party) is the main religious celebration of the Florianópolis Region. Festa do Milho (Corn Festival) is another important festival of Santo Amaro.

Raves

Raves

Raves can refer to:* Rave party* Raves, Vosges, a commune in the Vosges département in France* Raves , a 1980s power pop group from Atlanta, Georgia, United States...

 and pagode

Pagode

Pagode is a Brazilian style of music which originated in Salvador, Bahia , and quickly went down to Rio de Janeiro region, as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with lots of food, music, dance and party...

s are thrown on particular farms to attract young people.

Economy

Even though Santo Amaro is a small city, important enterprises were founded in the city. Imperatriz Supermarkets was founded in 1974 and is the most profitable supermarket of Santa Catarina. Rosa Supermarkets is also another important supermarkets network.

Auto Viação Imperatriz is the bus enterprise that drives people to Palhoça

Palhoça

-History:Palhoça was founded in 1793, when the city was part of the way between Lages and Florianópolis in order to protect the capital state from possible invasions. It name comes from “straw roof” because the huge quantity of houses with this kind of roof, once the first Palhoça citizens was the...

, São José

São José

Among other things there are many civil parishes that have the name São José :-Brazil:*São José, Paulínia, Paulínia, São Paulo*São José, Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina*São José do Alegre, Minas Gerais...

 and Florianópolis

Florianópolis

-Climate:Florianópolis experiences a warm humid subtropical climate, falling just short of a true tropical climate. The seasons of the year are distinct, with a well-defined summer and winter, and characteristic weather for autumn and spring. Frost is infrequent, but occurs occasionally in the winter...

. Imperatriz is also another important enterprise that manufactures ice-cream.

As Santo Amaro is mainly a rural city, their economy is based on it.