Cascavel
Also known as Cascavel/PR, Cascavel, PR
Cascavel is a city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 368.195 inhabitants, according to IBGE 2025 estimate. The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers by freeway.
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- Cascavel
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- Municipality of Cascavel
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- Municipality
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- Capital of the West Mercosur Metropolis
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- Flag_of_Cascavel.jpg
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- Brasao cascavel.jpg
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- Parana Municip Cascavel.svg
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- 250px
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- Location in Paraná
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- Brazil
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- above
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- 250
Article
19 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Cycle of "erva mate"
- Cycle of wood
- Emancipation
- Development
- List of mayors
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Evolution of the population
- Cascavel Metropolitan Region
- Economy
- Transportation
- Universities
- List of universities
- Sport
- References
- External links
Cascavel is a city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 368.195 inhabitants, according to IBGE 2025 estimate. The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers by freeway.
Relatively new and with a privileged topography, Cascavel's development was planned, which gives it wide streets and well distributed neighborhoods. With an area of 2,100,831 km2, it is considered a strategic hub of Mercosul. It is the main city in the Cascavel Metropolitan Area.
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