Cascavel
Municipality in South, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cascavel is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 348 051 inhabitants, according to IBGE 2022 Census.[2] The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers by freeway.[3]
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Cascavel | |
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Municipality of Cascavel | |
Nickname(s): Capital of the West Mercosur Metropolis | |
Coordinates: 24°57′20″S 53°27′19″W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | South |
State | Paraná |
Founding | March 28, 1928 |
Emancipation | November 14, 1951 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Leonaldo Paranhos |
Area | |
• Municipality | 2,101.074 km2 (811.229 sq mi) |
• Metro | 10,562.37 km2 (4,078.15 sq mi) |
Elevation | 781 m (2,562 ft) |
Population (2022) | |
• Municipality | 348 051 |
• Metro | 552 097 |
Time zone | UTC-3 |
Postal code | 85816-000 |
Area code | (+55) 45 |
HDI (2010) | 0.782 – high[1] |
Website | cascavel |
Relatively new and with a privileged topography, Cascavel's development was planned, which gives it wide streets and well distributed neighborhoods. With an area of 2,100,831 km2, it is considered a strategic hub of Mercosul. It is the main city in the Cascavel Metropolitan Area.
The city is on a plateau 781 meters above sea level. It is 504 km west of the state capital of Curitiba and 605 km west of the sea port of Paranaguá, 140 km from the three borders (Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil) at 24° 58' South, 53° 26' West.