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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; -55.75000
Country	Brazil
Region	Central-West
State	Mato Grosso
Population
• Total	19,453
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Chapada dos Guimarães is a municipality located in central Brazil, 62 km from the: city of Cuiabá, 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. The municipal seat contains the 31 hectares (77 acres) Quineira State Park, created in 2006.

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External links※

• Chapada dos Guimarães website

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