São Miguel do Oeste

municipality of Santa Catarina state, Brazil

Key facts

Country: Brazil
Region: South
State: Santa Catarina
Founded: February 15, 1954
Mayor: Wilson Trevisan (PSD)
Total: 234.202 km (90.426 sq mi)
Elevation: 720 m (2,360 ft)
Density: 189.3/km (490/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC-3 ( UTC-3 )
Summer dst: UTC-2 ( UTC-2 )
Cep: 89900-000
Hdi 2010: 0.801 – high

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Instance of: municipality of Brazil
Demonym: miguel-oestino
Country: Brazil
Located in: Santa Catarina
Population: 42242
Area: 234.396
Elevation: 720
Shares border with: Romelândia
Official website: www.saomiguel.sc.gov.br
Image: Desbravadorsmo.jpg
Dialing code: 49

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Commons category: São Miguel do Oeste
postal code: 89900-000
Human Development Index: 0.801
inception: 1954-01-01
electorate: 31364

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Encyclopedic overview

São Miguel do Oeste is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, in the southern region of Brazil, 655 km from the state capital, Florianópolis. Its population in 2022, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics Demographic Census, was 44 330 inhabitants.

Considered the capital of the extreme west of Santa Catarina, it is the largest city in the state of Santa Catarina close to the border with Argentina, polarizing important health, security and education bodies and institutions. It is widely used as a stopping point for Argentine, Paraguayan and CHilean tourists visiting the beaches of Santa Catarina or by Brazilians on their way to the Iguazu Falls.

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