Xanxerê

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Xanxerê

Total population

51,607

Founded

1954

Elevation800 m

Land area377.76 km²

Coordinates-26.87°, -52.40°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Xanxerê is a city in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Italian and German are the mainstream cultures, having been brought by immigrants in the early 20th century through the migration of the "gauchos".

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Santa Catarina

• Daufuskie Island
  4485.1 mi away
• Hilton Head Island
  4486.7 mi away
• Fripp Island
  4488 mi away
• Harbor Island
  4491.9 mi away
• Bluffton
  4493.5 mi away
• Edisto Beach
  4494.1 mi away
• Kiawah Island
  4494.6 mi away
• Folly Beach
  4495.2 mi away
• Seabrook Island
  4495.3 mi away
• Port Royal
  4495.8 mi away
• Rockville
  4497.2 mi away
• Isle of Palms
  4498 mi away

Browse all places in Santa Catarina →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Xanxerê

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Rapids Frog

Limnomedusa macroglossa

Seen 2026-08-27

Ornate Forest toad

Rhinella ornata

Seen 2026-08-27

Argentine White-crested Mantis

Stagmatoptera hyaloptera

Seen 2026-04-06

Amazon False Coral Snake

Oxyrhopus rhombifer

Seen 2026-04-01

Parahormetica bilobata

Parahormetica bilobata

Seen 2026-03-20

Scamander Swallowtail

Papilio scamander

Seen 2026-03-19

hardy tapioca

Manihot grahamii

Seen 2026-03-17

Paulista Bumble Bee

Bombus pauloensis

Seen 2026-02-24

Silver Garden Orbweaver

Argiope argentata

Seen 2026-02-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers