Corumba Attractions
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Corumbá
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The port town of Corumbá on the Rio Paraguai in the western Pantanal, on the frontier with Bolivia, was once a Portuguese outpost in the middle west, established after the treaty of Madrid (1750), which gave Portugal control of this area. The original nucleus of the town, a military post named Albuquerque, was established in 1778. The commercial harbor was opened in 1853, and thereafter regular shipping services on the Rio Paraguai began. In 1862 Corumbá was given the status of a vila, and in 1878 was chartered as a town. It now has an airport, with daily services to and from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Cuiabá and Campo Grande. It is also linked with Campo Grande (403km/250mi south-east) by BR 262, and since 1914 by rail (departures daily at 7.15 a.m. and 8.55 p.m.).
Bus station
Esplanada da Estação
Airport
Aeroporto Internacional
characteristics
The port town of Corumbá on the Rio Paraguai in the western Pantanal, on the frontier with Bolivia, was once a Portuguese outpost in the middle west, established after the treaty of Madrid (1750), which gave Portugal control of this area. The original nucleus of the town, a military post named Albuquerque, was established in 1778. The commercial harbor was opened in 1853, and thereafter regular shipping services on the Rio Paraguai began. In 1862 Corumbá was given the status of a vila, and in 1878 was chartered as a town. It now has an airport, with daily services to and from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Cuiabá and Campo Grande. It is also linked with Campo Grande (403km/250mi south-east) by BR 262, and since 1914 by rail (departures daily at 7.15 a.m. and 8.55 p.m.).
Bus station
Esplanada da Estação
Airport
Aeroporto Internacional
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