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Barra do Garças is a city with a population of 61,135 located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, around 550 km (340 mi) far from the capital city of Cuiabá. It was founded on 13 June 1924, but it became political independent just on 15 September 1948. Nowadays, Barra do Garças is the 8th biggest city in Mato Grosso. It is situated on the border between Mato Grosso and Goiás states and due to this a geodesic center settled down there.
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| Coordinates: 15°53′24″S 52°15′24″W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Central-West |
| State | Mato Grosso |
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| • Total | 61,135 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
A small but developed tourist city due to high agriculture exportation and a strong military presence, Barra do Garças also has a Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) and is known as Rio de Janeiro do Oeste (Rio de Janeiro of the West.
The municipality contains the 11,002 hectares (27,190 acres) Serra Azul State Park, created in 1994.[2] Barra do Garças has many other tourist attractions: a Discoporto, (UFOport), water parks, as well as hot springs, mountains, and fresh water beaches.
The city is served by Barra do Garças Airport.
References
- IBGE 2020
- Pedroni, Fernando; Sanchez, Maryland (2015), Parque Estadual Da Serra Azul – PESA (PDF) (in Portuguese), ICBS – Campus Universitário do Araguaia – UFMT, p. 1, archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016, retrieved 11 December 2016
External links
Barra do Garças travel guide from Wikivoyage- Barra do Garças on TV Globo
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На других языках
- [en] Barra do Garças
[ru] Барра-ду-Гарсас
Барра-ду-Гарсас (порт. Barra do Garças) — муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Мату-Гросу. Составная часть мезорегиона Северо-восток штата Мату-Гроссу. Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Медиу-Арагуая. Население составляет 57 721 человек на 2007 год. Занимает площадь 9142,008 км². Плотность населения — 6,2 чел./км².Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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