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| Capital: | Cuiabá |
| Area: | 906,806.9 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 2,375,549 (2000) |
| Pop. density: | 2.6 inh./km² |
| Timezone: | GMT-4 |
| ISO 3166-2: | BR-MT |
| Governor: | Dante de Oliveira |
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Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil, located in the western part of the country. Neighboring states are (from west clockwise) Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It also borders Bolivia to the southwest.
The name literally means "thick jungle". Apart from the state capital, Cuiabá, there are few cities. The most important are
The state contains the swamps of the PantanalThe Pantanal is a vast wetland area covering portions of Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia. With an area reaching up to 200,000 square kilometers in the rainy season, the Pantanal is the world's largest wetland. The principal source of incoming water is the R. The Transpantaneira is a bare-earth highway which was originally planned to cross the Pantaanal, but built in the 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends it was never finished and is now mostly used for touristic tours. Mato Grosso is an essentially agrarian state, with economy based on cattleCattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat (called beef and veal), dairy products ( milk), leather and as draught animals (pulling carts, plows and the like). In some c-raising. The Chapada do Guimarães National Park is located in the state.
In 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar the state was split into two halfs, with Mato Grosso do Sul becoming a new state. The BororoThe Bororo are a Ge-speaking people in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil; they also extend into Bolivia and the Brazilian state of Goias. The Western Bororo live around the Jauru and Cabacal rivers, while the Eastern Bororo ( Orarimogodoge) live in the reg Indians live in the Mato Grosso area.
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The flag has the same colors as the national flag, with blue symbolizing the sky, green the vegetation, and white standing for peace. The star is yellow to symbolize the goldFor alternative meanings, see gold (disambiguation Gold is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Au ( L. aurum and atomic number 79. A soft, shiny, yellow, heavy, malleable, ductile (trivalent and univalent) transition metal, gold d which attracted the first settlers. The flag was created on January 31January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 334 days remaining, (335 in leap years). Also, this is the final day of January. Events 1504 France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plo, 1890Events January 2 Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U. White House. January 25 The United Mine Workers of America is founded. January 25 Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. March 1 Leon Bourgeois succeeds Ernest, just few days after the adoption of the national flag. It became the official flag of the state by state law 1046 of October 8, 1929, and was reinstated by article 140 of the July 11, 1947. |