Mato Grosso
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| Capital | Cuiabá | |
| Largest City | Cuiabá | |
| Area | 906,806.9 km² | |
| Population - Total - Density |
2,375,549 2.6 inh./km² |
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| Governor | Blairo Maggi(PPS) | |
| Demonym | Mato-grossense | |
| Timezone | GMT-4 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-MT | |
Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil. It is located 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.
[edit] Cities
Apart from the state capital, Cuiabá, there are few cities. The most important are
- Alta Floresta
- Barra do Garças
- Cáceres
- Rondonópolis
- Sinop
- Várzea Grande
| States of Brazil |  |
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| Acre | Alagoas | Amapá | Amazonas | Bahia | Ceará | Espírito Santo | Goiás | Maranhão | Mato Grosso | Mato Grosso do Sul | Minas Gerais | Pará | Paraíba | Paraná | Pernambuco | Piauí | Rio de Janeiro | Rio Grande do Norte | Rio Grande do Sul | Rondônia | Roraima | Santa Catarina | São Paulo | Sergipe | Tocantins | |
| Federal District: Brazilian Federal District | |
