LONDRINA

city, northern Paran state, southeastern Brazil. Founded in 1930 by a small group of Japanese and German settlers, it rapidly became the commercial, political, and cultural centre of the state's northern pioneer zone. Its industries include the processing of coffee, cotton, rice, fruit, and livestock products, as well as paper milling and liquor distilling. A large coffee factory serves the surrounding coffee-growing district. The State University of Londrina (1971) is located in the city. Londrina is connected by rail with So Paulo, 300 miles (480 km) east, and with Curitiba, the state capital, and the Atlantic port of Paranagu by a 300-mile (480-kilometre), two-lane highway running southeastward to the coast. Pop. (1991 prelim.) mun., 388,331.