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Mato Grosso (mä`t  grô`s) [Port.,=thick forest], state (1996 pop. 2,227,983), 348,038 sq mi (901,420 sq km), central and W Brazil. The capital is Cuiabá Cuiabá (k yəbä`), city (1996 pop...... Click the link for more information. . Mato GrossoState (pop., 2003 est.: 2,651,335), southwestern Brazil. It covers an area of 348,788 sq mi (903,358 sq km), and its capital is Cuiabá. It is bounded by Bolivia on the southwest and west. Cuiabá was founded in 1719 after gold was discovered nearby. In 1748 Mato Grosso became an independent captaincy, in 1822 a province of the empire, and in 1889 a state of the federal union. One of the few great frontier regions still in existence, it consists of grassland, dense forest, and highland plains, with some areas that remain largely unexplored. |
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| Mato Grosso is Brazil's biggest bean producing state and has turned exceptionally wet. GOL, a Brazilian low-cost airline, announced a new flight between Campo Grande, in Mato Grosso do SUI state, to Santa Cruz de la Sierra en Bolivia. GOL by Latin Trade At least five Brazilian presidents have promised to pave a 600-mile route from the fertile soybean and cotton fields in central Mato Grosso north to an Amazon River port. |
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