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Oeste Catarinense (West Region) is a mesoregion in the
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian state of Santa Catarina. The macroregion is composed of four microregions: (1) Far west, whose main city is
São Miguel do Oeste São Miguel do Oeste is a municipality of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It is located 730 km west of Florianópolis. It has a population of 40,868 (2020/IBGE) and an area of 234 kmª. It is the largest Brazilian city from the border with A ...
, on the border with the
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; (2) Midwest - whose main city is
Chapecó 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 p ...
; (3) Alto Irani Region - whose main city is
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; (4) Rio do Peixe Valley Region - whose main city is Joaçaba The region is called "granary of the State", because it has a large agroindustrial, agricultural and livestock production, slaughterhouses and food industry. In geographic terms, the region is strategically located between the two largest metropolitan areas in South America (São Paulo in Brazil and Buenos Aires, in Argentina).


Data about the region

In 2010, the population of the Macroregion reached 601,504 inhabitants, equivalent to 9.63% of the State's population, and between 2000 and 2010 it presented an average population growth rate of the order of 1.08% per year, with a density population of 53.0 inhabitants per km². The population distribution by gender identified that men represent about 49.97% of the population and women, 50.03% of the population. In 2010, young people represented about 31.2% of the population, adults 58.0% and the elderly 10.8%. Between 2000 and 2010, there was a positive evolution of 6.3% in the percentage of the economically active population, going from 53.2% in 2000 to 59.6% in 2010. The region has approximately 189,020 households, of which: 73.4% were owned, 19.2% rented, 7.1% ceded and 0.3% in another condition. In 2010, the annual per capita consumption of R$ 11,300.72. In 2009, the State, globally, had a GDP of R $ 129.8 billion, assuring the State the maintenance of the 8th relative position in the national ranking. In the same year, the region appeared in the 6th position of the state ranking, accounting for 9.94% of the composition of the total GDP of the state. In 2009, the Macroregion presented a gross domestic product per capita of R$ 21,551.68 placing it in the 4th position in the state ranking. From 2002 to 2009, the region's GDP per capita grew by 48.09%. In 2011, Macrorregião Oeste's trade balance showed a balance of US$ 321,398,078.0. In the period between 2004 and 2011, its exports grew by 176.3% and imports, by 181.3%. The main destination country for 2011 exports was Japan. Exports to this country represented approximately 9.9%. Regarding imports, China was the main country of origin of Macroregion's 2011 imports, corresponding to 17% of total imports. Taking December 2011 as a reference, there were 43,460 formal companies, which generated 187,787 formal jobs. In 2010, maize was the most important crop in terms of the quantity produced. It represented 25.62% of all state production. In the same year, soybeans represented the largest planted area, 166,118 hectares. In addition to the municipal highways, Macrorregião Oeste has 14 state and 4 federal highways and the average road distance from Chapecó, the seat of the macro-region, to the coast of the State is, on average, 500 kilometers. In 2010, the region had approximately 378,079 vehicles. The accumulated evolution of the vehicle fleet, between 2007 and 2012, was 51%. The local financial system in 2012 consisted of 287 pay points and bank branches that served the municipalities of Macrorregião Oeste. In 2012, 41 cooperatives were identified in the Macroregion.


References

Mesoregions of Santa Catarina (state) {{SantaCatarina-geo-stub