Chapada dos Guimarães

Chapada dos Guimarães
Municipality

Location in Mato Grosso state
Chapada dos Guimarães

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 15°27′39″S 55°45′00″W / 15.46083°S 55.75000°W / -15.46083; -55.75000Coordinates: 15°27′39″S 55°45′00″W / 15.46083°S 55.75000°W / -15.46083; -55.75000
Country  Brazil
Region Central-West Region
State Mato Grosso
Time zone BRT-1/BRST-1 (UTC-4/-3)

Chapada dos Guimarães is a municipality located in central Brazil, 62 km from the city of Cuiaba, the capital of Mato Grosso State. It is home to the Chapada dos Guimarães National Park. Outside this town is the geographic center of South America.

The municipality contains 77% of the 3,534 hectares (8,730 acres) Rio da Casca Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1994.[1]

References

  1. ↑ ESEC do Rio da Casca (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-18

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chapada dos Guimarães.


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