Official Name: | Caibi |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Caibi in Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Name1: | South |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Santa Catarina |
Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Name3: | Oeste Catarinense |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Dilair Menin |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 174.84 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 6,130 |
Population Density Km2: | 35.57 |
Timezone: | UTC -3 |
Coordinates: | -27.0719°N -53.2478°W |
Caibi is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. It covers 174.84km2, and has a population of 6,130 with a population density of 35.57 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Caibi was settled in two waves. The first, in 1926, were settlers were gauchos from the municipality of Guaporé in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The second, in 1930, were ethnic Germans from Siberia brought to the region by the Companhia Colonizadora Sul Brasil. The second group were refugees of First World War and sought new land to avoid the war. Many of the group desired to return to Paraná, but settled in the area permanently due to the difficulty of the voyage from Siberia. The German residents were unaccustomed to the food and climate of southern Brazil. Other settlers came to the area in the early part of the 20th century. In 1964 Caibi, a district of Palmitos, became a separate municipality.