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Chapecó is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. Being a major
industrial, financial and educational center, it is a major
producer of industrialized food products. Considered
a medium city, with a population estimated at 224,013
inhabitants, it is among the four most important cities
in the state. It belongs to the Meso-region of Western
Santa Catarina and to the Microregion of Chapecó.
Distant 550 km.......................the state capital,
Florianópolis, it is Headquarters of the Metropolitan
Region.......................Chapecó, and exerts significant
influence not....................... in the Catarinense West
but.......................in the Northwest Rio Grande do Sul
and Southwest of Paraná, from an economic, cultural,
or political point of view.
Chapecó became known worldwide through its association football club Chapecoense and the aftermath
of LaMia Flight 2933 which killed 71, including most of
the team’s roster and staff.
With the titles of “Brazil’s agribusiness capital” and
“Brazil’s business tourism capital”, the planned town
constructed in the form of a chess grid also has
universities attracting students from all over Brazil.
The main educational institutions are UFFS, UCEFF,
UNOCHAPECÓ, UNOESC and UDESC.
This region of the state is home of some of the largest
meat processing and exporting industrial enterprises
such as Sadia and Seara Foods; the farmers are organized in agricultural cooperatives. Chapecó is known
as a Brazilian agro-industrial capital, specialized in
pork, poultry and technology involved. The city is
headquarters of Aurora Central Cooperative Archived
2016-11-23 at the Wayback Machine and has a plant of
BRF S.A. since 1973.
Other major economic sectors are metal mechanics
specialized in equipment for slaughterhouses and
transportation, plastics and packaging, furniture, beverages, software development and biotechnology.
Civil construction and trade are also important source
of income.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org
1. Meat processing, metal mechanics and civil construction are the only sources of income.
2. Chapecó has its location in the west part of the state of Santa Catarina.
3. The Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul is one of the main educational institutions in Chapecó.
4. Sadia and Seara’s food are famous enterprises for their technology on slaughterhouses.
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