Chapecó
Sign in to saveChapecó () is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. Being a major industrial, financial and educational center, it is a major producer of industrialized food products. Considered a medium city, with a population estimated at 282,648 inhabitants, it is among the four most important cities in the state. It belongs to the Meso-region of Western Santa Catarina and to the Microregion of Chapecó.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chapecó
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.official_name
- City of Chapecó
- Settlement.nicknames
- Capital of the West, Chape, City of Chapecó
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vista da região central.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Downtown Chapecó
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- Bandeira de chapeco.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- BRA Chapecó COA.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- SantaCatarina Municip Chapeco.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Chapecó
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Santa Catarina
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Chapecó () is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. Being a major industrial, financial and educational center, it is a major producer of industrialized food products. Considered a medium city, with a population estimated at 282,648 inhabitants, it is among the four most important cities in the state. It belongs to the Meso-region of Western Santa Catarina and to the Microregion of Chapecó.
Distant 550 km from the state capital, Florianópolis, it is Headquarters of the Metropolitan Region of Chapecó, and exerts significant influence not only in the Catarinense West but also in the Northwest Rio Grande do Sul and Southwest of Paraná, from an economic, cultural, or political point of view.