Gaspar
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Coordinates: 26 ° 55 ′ S , 48 ° 57 ′ W Gaspar on the map of Santa Catarina
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| Country | Brazil | |
| State | Santa Catarina | |
| Residents | 60,054 (2006) | |
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| surface | 386.35 km 2 | |
| Population density | 155 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 18 m | |
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Gaspar is a city (port. Município) in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina .
From 1989 to 2017, the city was in the Blumenau microregion , one of four microregions in the Vale do Itajaí mesoregion . Gaspar belongs to the metropolitan region of Vale do Itajaí , one of six metropolitan regions of Santa Catarinas, whose core city is Blumenau .
60,054 inhabitants lived in an area of 386.35 km² (as of 2006, estimate). About 40 km² of the municipal area is settlement area.
Sons and daughters
- Daniel Henrique Hostin (1890–1973), Catholic religious, Bishop of Lages
- Carlos Schmitt (1919–2006), Catholic priest, Bishop of Dourados
- Quirino Adolfo Schmitz (1918–2007), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Teófilo Otoni
- Evaristo Pascoal Spengler (* 1959), Catholic priest, prelate of Marajó
- Jaime Spengler (* 1960), Catholic priest, Archbishop of Porto Alegre
Web links
Commons : Gaspar - collection of images, videos and audio files
- City Prefecture website (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara de Vereadores (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Município de Gaspar: Histórico de Gaspar. In: gaspar.sc.gov.br. Retrieved November 10, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Gaspar - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved November 10, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). Updated statistics.