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Shawinigan vs Vilhena

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Shawinigan

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Country

Capital
Population 56434

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Shawinigan is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 50,060 as of the Canada 2011 Census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Shawinigan. Its geographical code is 36. Shawinigan is the seat of the judicial district of Saint-Maurice.



The name Shawinigan has had numerous spellings over time: Chaouinigane, Oshaouinigane, Assaouinigane, Achawénégan, Chawinigame, Shawenigane, Chaouénigane. It may mean "south portage", "portage of beeches", "angular portage", or "summit" or "crest". Before 1958, the city was known as Shawinigan Falls.

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Vilhena

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Country

Capital
Population 89797

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Vilhena is the easternmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 95,630 (IBGE-2017) and its area is 11,519 km². It is the fifth-largest city in Rondônia and has the best HDI in the state (0,771 - UNDP/2000).



According to IBGE-2015, Vilhena also had a GDP of R$ 1.824.367,69(approximately US$ 460 million), which represented a GDP per capita of R$ 23.055,20 (around US$ 6.000,00)

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