Campo Grande is a city in west-central Brazil, capital and largest city of Mato Grosso do Sul state. Its population was about 962,900 in 2025, the 17th largest in Brazil. Made state capital in 1977 when Mato Grosso was divided, Campo Grande grew from about 140,000 residents in 1970 to over 750,000 by 2007 and today reflects immigrant communities from Japan (notably Okinawa), the Middle East, Europe and Paraguay, laid out with wide, tree-lined avenues.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Sources
1. Campo Grande (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Population
Population: 970,843 (2026)
Infobox: area_total_km2
8096.05
Infobox: elevation_m
592
Infobox: established_date
1899
Infobox, Coordinates (latitude)
20 degrees 29 minutes 02 seconds S 54 degrees 36 minutes 54 seconds W
Infobox, Coordinates (longitude)
20 degrees 29 minutes 02 seconds S 54 degrees 36 minutes 54 seconds W
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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