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Querência
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Querência is a Brazilian municipality of state of Mato Grosso.It is located in the northeast of the state, in the Great Amazon Basin. Within its great limits are part of the Xingu Indigenous Reserve, and an immense virgin area, formed by the Cerrado Mato-grossense, Amazon Forest and a large transition area. It is located at latitude 12º35'49 "south and at longitude 52º11'59" west, being at an altitude of 350 meters. It has an area of 17.850,249 km2.
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Region | Center-West |
State | Mato Grosso |
Founded | December 19, 1991 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Fernando Görgen (PR) |
Area | |
• Total | 17,850 km2 (6,890 sq mi) |
Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 17,937 |
• Density | 0.73/km2 (1.9/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (UTC-4) |
Postal Code | 78643 |
HDI (2000) | 0,75 – alto |
The official data of IBGE, based on the Census of 1996, registered 4,226 inhabitants in the municipality, and in 2000, 7,274. These figures, however, are out of date, as at the time of the census there were more than 500 people in a new settlement alone that could not be counted because they had been living in the municipality for less than six months. The number of enrollments in elementary schools increased 64% from 1999 to 2000, 32% from 2000 to 2001 and 26% from 2001 to the beginning of 2002. And in 2014, according to IBGE, the estimated population is 15,121 inhabitants. And in 2019, according to IBGE estimates, 17,479 inhabitants.
The name of Querência was chosen to mark the gaucho stamp of migration, as it is a typical name of southern estancia s, linked to the cultural tradition of the first residents of the place, the gauchos.