mato grosso

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State in central-western Brazil which has Cuiabá as its capital
State (pop., 2002 est.: 2,604,742), southwestern Brazil. It covers an area of 350,120 sq mi (906,807 sq km), and its capital is Cuiabá. It is bounded by Bolivia on the southwest and west. Cuiabá (pop., 2002: 493,200) 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 do Sul
State in central-western Brazil which has Campo Grande as its capital
mato grosso