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Astorga, Paraná

municipality of Paraná state, Brazil

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ2007427 ↗
Source-derived summary

Astorga is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It was founded in 1951. As of 2020, the estimated population was 26,209 inhabitants.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Astorga, Paraná” as municipality of Paraná state, Brazil. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1951, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1951-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Astorga, Paraná and municipality can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as municipality of Paraná state, Brazil. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2007427. Authority coordinates are -23.233, -51.666. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1951 and 2020.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Astorga, Paraná” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.