Mato Grosso Facts for Kids

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State of Mato Grosso

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Location of State of Mato Grosso in Brazil

Country

Brazil

Capital and Largest City

Cuiabá

Area

• Total

903,357 km² (348,788 sq mi)

Area rank

3rd

Population

(2012)

• Total

3,115,336

• Rank

19th

• Density

3.4486211/km² (8.931888/sq mi)

• Density rank

25th

Demonym(s)

Mato-grossense

GDP

• Year

2006 estimate

• Total

R$ 35,284,000,000 (15th)

• Per capita

R$ 12,350 (8th)

HDI

• Year

2005

• Category

0.801 – medium (11th)

Time zone

UTC-4 (BRT-1)

• Summer (DST)

UTC-3 (BRST-1)

Postal Code

78000-000 to 78890-000

ISO 3166 code

BR-MT

Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil. It is in the western part of the country. Mato Grosso shares borders with the states of Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It also borders the country Bolivia to the southwest. The name, Mato Grosso, means "thick jungle".

Mato Grosso is the state in Brazil in which the most deforestation of Brazil's part of the Amazon Rainforest has happened. In 1977, the state was split into two halves. This created the new state Mato Grosso do Sul. The Bororo Indians live in the Mato Grosso area.

Cities

There are few cities. The most important ones are:

Alta Floresta
Barra do Garças
Cáceres
Cuiabá, the capital
Rondonópolis
Sinop
Várzea Grande

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