Cáceres | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Cáceres |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Map Alt: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Central-West |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 6 October 1778[1] |
Leader Party: | PSB |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Antônia Eliene Liberato Dias |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 24,495.510 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [3] |
Elevation M: | 126 |
Population Footnotes: | [4] |
Population Total: | 89,681 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | BRT |
Utc Offset1: | -4 |
Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
Blank Info: | 0.708 – high[5] |
Cáceres is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It covers an area of 24,000km2 and as of 2022 had an estimated population of 89,681.
The town is sited on the Paraguay River, and hosts a popular fishing festival each September.[6] The municipality contains part of the Serra das Araras Ecological Station.It also contains part of the Taiamã Ecological Station. The municipality contains the Guirá State Park, created in 2002.
Cáceres was the starting point of the Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition.
Cáceres is the administrative headquarters of the Mato Grosso State University and counts with 13 graduation courses and 3 post graduation courses.