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Barão de Melgaço, Mato Grosso

Coordinates: 16°16′44″S 55°57′28″W / 16.2789°S 55.9578°W / -16.2789; -55.9578
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Barão de Melgaço
Municipality
Location in Mato Grosso
Location in Mato Grosso
Country Brazil
RegionCenter-West
StateMato Grosso
MesoregionCentro-Sul Mato-Grossense
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total8,164
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Barão de Melgaço is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]

The municipality contains 43% of the 108,960 hectares (269,200 acres) Encontro das Águas State Park, created in 2004.[6]

The city is named for Augusto Leverger, Baron of Melgaço, a Brazilian Navy admiral during the Paraguayan War.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. ^ PES Encontro das Águas (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-02
  7. ^ "Dados Gerais" (in Portuguese). City Hall of Barão de Melgaço. Retrieved March 10, 2024.

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