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Mato Grosso

State

Mato Grosso is a state in west-central Brazil, one of the country's largest states by area, spanning the transition zone between the Amazon rainforest to its north and the Pantanal wetlands and Cerrado savanna to its south. Its capital is Cuiaba.

Facts
Population
3,893,659 1
Area (sq km)
903,357 1
Admission Year
1889 2
Connections

Adjacent To

Goias, States or Territories

Associated With

Brazil, Countries
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Location Of

Constitutionalist Revolution

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Source Constitutionalist Revolution (Wikipedia)Infobox: location
Quote, Infobox: location
São Paulo and some parts of Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Found There

Cerrado languages

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Goyaz Jê languages

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Guachi language

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Kustenau language

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Mato Grosso Arára language

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Northern Jê languages

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Source Northern Jê languages (Wikipedia)Infobox: region
Quote, Infobox: region
Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Pará, Maranhão
Pekodian languages

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Tapajós languages

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Source Tapajós languages (Wikipedia)Infobox: region
Quote, Infobox: region
Pará, Mato Grosso
Terêna language

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Trans-Araguaia languages

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Trans-Tocantins languages

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Emilia's marmoset

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Source Emilia's marmoset (Wikipedia)Lead, range
Quote, Lead, range
It is found only in the Brazilian states of Pará and Mato Grosso.
Resurrection Fern

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Schneider's marmoset

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Source Schneider's marmoset (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
it is found in the Amazon rainforest of Mato Grosso state
Silvermoss

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Water Fern

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Water Sprite

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Sources
1. Mato Grosso (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    It is divided into 142 municipalities and covers an area of 903,357 square kilometers, consequently the state is roughly 82.2% of the size of its southwest neighbor, the nation of Bolivia.
  • Infobox: population_total
    3,893,659
  • Part Of: Brazil, Lead paragraph
    'Thick Bush') is one of the states of Brazil,
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2. Wikidata: Mato Grosso
Wikidata Q42824, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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