Cáceres is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP.
Neighboring ...
. It covers an area of 24,000km2 and as of 2020 had an estimated population of 94,861.
The town is sited on the
Paraguay River
The Paraguay River (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, Ysyry Paraguái in Guarani) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. It flows about from its headwaters in ...
, and hosts a popular fishing festival each September.
The municipality contains part of the
Serra das Araras Ecological Station.
It also contains part of the
Taiamã Ecological Station
Taiamã Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Taiamã) is an ecological station in the Mato Grosso state of Brazil.
Creation
In the 1970s the Special Secretariat of the Environment under the environmentalist Paulo Nogueira Neto launch ...
.
The municipality contains the
Guirá State Park
The Guirá State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Guirá) is a State park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Location
The Guirá State Park ia in the municipality of Cáceres in the south of Mato Grosso, on the border with Bolivia.
It has an are ...
, created in 2002.
Cáceres was the starting point of the
Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition
The Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition ( Portuguese: Expedição Científica Rondon–Roosevelt) was a survey expedition in 1913–14 to follow the path of the Rio da Dúvida ("River of Doubt") in the Amazon basin. The expedition was jointl ...
.
Cáceres is the administrative headquarters of the
Mato Grosso State University
The Mato Grosso State University ( pt, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, ''Unemat'') is a public university in the States of Brazil, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It was created in 1978 and it is funded by the State Government of the Mato Gr ...
and counts with 13 graduation courses and 3 post graduation courses.
References
External links
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Cáceres Governo Municipal
Municipalities in Mato Grosso
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