Palmeira is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil, in the micro-region of Ponta Grossa. It is situated at south latitude 25º25'46" and west longitude 50º00'23", at an altitude of 865 meters and 70 km from the state's capital, Curitiba. Its population as of 2020 was 33,994 inhabitants. Its area is of approximately 1465,1 km2. With the construction of the Caminho de Viamão in the eighteenth century, many villages were springing up in the Campos Gerais region.