Mato Grosso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmatu ˈɡɾosu] – lit. "Thick Bushes") is ane o the states o Brazil, the third lairgest in aurie, locatit in the wastren pairt o the kintra.[2]
State o Mato Grosso | |
|---|---|
 Banner  Coat airms | |
 Location o State o Mato Grosso in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 15°34′S 56°04′W | |
| Kintra |  Brazil |
| Caipital an Lairgest Ceety | Cuiabá |
| Govrenment | |
| • Governor | Silval da Cunha Barbosa (PMDB) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 903357 km2 (348,788 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 3rd |
| Population (2010 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,033,991 |
| • Rank | 19t |
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (8.7/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 25t |
| Demonym(s) | Mato-grossense |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2006 estimate |
| • Total | R$ 35,284,000,000 (15t) |
| • Per caipita | R$ 12,350 (8t) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2005 |
| • Category | 0.801 – medium (11t) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BRT-1) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (BRST-1) |
| Postal Code | 78000-000 to 78890-000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-MT |
Neebourin states are (frae wast clockwise) Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás an Mato Grosso do Sul. It borders Bolivie tae the soothwast an aw. A state wi a flat landscape, alternatin great chapadas an plain auries, Mato Grosso presents three different ecoseestems: Cerrado, Pantanal an the Amazon Rainforest. The vegetation o the open pasture covers 40% o the state, an the Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, wi its caves, grottos, tracks an waterfaws, is ane o its great tourist attractions. In the north is the Amazonian forest, wi a biodiversity coverin hauf o the state. The Xingu Naitional Pairk an the Araguaia River are in Mato Grosso. Further sooth, the Pantanal, the warld's lairgest wetland, is the habitat for amaist a thoosan species of animals, wi mony aquatic birds.
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