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Mato Grosso do Sul State
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 state's rich deposits of manganese and iron ores, mostly shipped from the river port of Corumbá on the Rio Paraguai.
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 state's rich deposits of manganese and iron ores, mostly shipped from the river port of Corumbá on the Rio Paraguai.
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