Mato Grosso do Sul

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Mato Grosso do Sul Description

Mato Grosso do Sul State

Area: 350,500sq.km/135,300sq.mi

Population: 1,604,000

Capital: Campo Grande

Situation and Characteristics

The state of Mato Grosso do Sul was formed from the southern part of Mato Grosso state in 1979; in the border region between the two is the Pantanal. Mato Grosso do Sul is bordered on the north-east by Goiás and for a short distance by Minas Gerais, with the Rio Paranaiba forming a natural boundary; on the south-east it is separated from São Paulo and Paraná by the Rio Paraná; and to the south-west and west are the neighboring countries of Paraguay and Bolivia. As in Mato Grosso, arable farming and stock-rearing are major elements in the economy, supplemented nowadays by the

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