Cáceres, Mato Grosso
Cáceres | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Cáceres | |
Location in Mato Grosso | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Central-West |
| State | Mato Grosso |
| Founded | 6 October 1778 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antônia Eliene Liberato Dias (PSB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 24,495.510 km2 (9,457.769 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 126 m (413 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 89,681 |
| • Density | 3.7/km2 (9.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (BRT) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.708 – high |
| Website | caceres |
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Cáceres is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It covers an area of 24,000 km² 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. The municipality contains part of the Serra das Araras Ecological Station. It also contains part of the Taiamã Ecological Station. The municipality contains the 114,000 hectares (280,000 acres) 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 has 13 graduation courses and 3 post graduation courses.