Dona Francisca, a German colony in the Brazilian province of Santa Catharina, lying between the Serra do Mar and the ocean, 14 miles inland from the port of São Francisco. Area, 97 sq. m.; pop. (1868) 5237; (1893) 18,000. Chief town, Joinville, with 2000 inhabitants.
Dona Francisca
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 53
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