Mato Grosso region of Brazil

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state of Brazil

The Mato Grosso region of Brazil is a vast, sparsely populated area in west-central Brazil known for its dense rainforests, remote wilderness, and role as a historic frontier for explorers and adventurers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mato Grosso	5
Mato Grosso state	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	state of Brazil ⓘ
area	approximately 903357 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy	Amazonas ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ Goiás ⓘ Mato Grosso do Sul ⓘ Pará ⓘ Rondônia ⓘ Tocantins ⓘ
capital	Cuiabá ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
contains	Araguaia River ⓘ Chapada dos Guimarães National Park ⓘ Juruena River ⓘ Paraguay River headwaters ⓘ Teles Pires River ⓘ Xingu Indigenous Park ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType	state ⓘ
economySector	agribusiness ⓘ cattle ranching ⓘ soybean production ⓘ
etymology	Portuguese for "thick forest" or "dense bush" ⓘ
hasBiome	savanna (Cerrado) ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ wetlands (Pantanal) ⓘ
hasIndigenousPopulations	Bororo people ⓘ Kayapó people ⓘ Xingu peoples ⓘ
hasRegion	Amazon rainforest ⓘ Brazilian Highlands ⓘ surface form: Cerrado Pantanal ⓘ
historicallyKnownAs	frontier region for explorers and adventurers ⓘ
historicalRole	frontier of Brazilian westward expansion ⓘ
knownFor	Pantanal ⓘ surface form: Pantanal wetlands agricultural frontier ⓘ dense rainforests ⓘ remote wilderness ⓘ vast sparsely populated territory ⓘ
largestCity	Cuiabá ⓘ
locatedIn	Central-West Region of Brazil ⓘ west-central Brazil ⓘ
namedAfter	dense forests (thick bush) in Portuguese ⓘ
officialLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
partOf	Brazil ⓘ surface form: Federative Republic of Brazil
timeZone	Amazon Time ⓘ Brasília Time ⓘ