Xaxim

Xaxim is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil. Located at latitude 26º57'42 "south and longitude 52º32'05" West, with an altitude of 770 meters. Its estimated population in 2020 was of 28,983 inhabitants.

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Settlement.official_name: Xaxim
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Xaxim aéreo.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira do município de Xaxim (SC).png
Settlement.image_seal: Brasão do município de Xaxim (SC).png
Settlement.image_map: SantaCatarina_Municip_Xaxim.svg
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: South
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Santa Catarina
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Mesoregion
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Oeste Catarinense
Settlement.established_date: 20 February 1954
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2020

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== Name origin == Over time, many names preceded this toponym: Chachi (demographic occupation was the kaigangs Indians who lived on the extraction plant), Bands of Xaxim, pitch Xaxim, Xaxim Pouso (the occupation era of mestizos who lived tropeirismo, extraction, agriculture and livestock for subsistence).

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