Cascavel

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Cascavel
Municipality
Municipality of Cascavel
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  Capital of the West Mercosur Metropolis
Location in Paraná
Cascavel Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 24°57′20″S 53°27′19″W / 24.95556°S 53.45528°W / -24.95556; -53.45528
Country	Brazil
Region	South
State	Paraná
Founding	March 28, 1928
Emancipation	November 14, 1951
Government
• Mayor	Leonaldo Paranhos
Area
• Municipality	2,101.074 km2 (811.229 sq mi)
• Metro	10,562.37 km2 (4,078.15 sq mi)
Elevation	781 m (2,562 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Municipality	348 051
• Metro	552 097
Time zone	UTC-3
Postal code	85816-000
Area code	(+55) 45
HDI (2010)	0.782 – high[1]
Website	cascavel.pr.gov.br

Cascavel is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 348 051 inhabitants, according to IBGE 2022 Census.^[2] The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers by freeway.^[3]

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.

The city is on a plateau 781 meters above sea level. It is 504 km west of the state capital of Curitiba and 605 km west of the sea port of Paranaguá, 140 km from the three borders (Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil) at 24° 58' South, 53° 26' West.