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Quick Facts:
- Capital:
Cuiabá
- Population:
520,000
- State Pop:
2,500,000
- Area:
906,806.9 km² (350,027 mi²)
- Economy: Agriculture, Cattle
The major producer of soybeans
in Brazil. Also produces 50% of Brazil's cotton. Home to large, vast cattle ranches. A tropical Texas, with room to grow.
Due to the present ag crisis, farmers are switching to sugarcane and feedlot
operations. Presently, 220,000 ha ( 528,000 ac) are planted in
sugarcane. The state government wants to increase this to 1,000,000 ha
(2,400,000 ac) in the coming years.
30 years ago most of the State was in Mato (jungle forest) or
Cerrado (savannah brush). There were no highways, just dirt roads
hundreds of kilometers long cutting through the dense tropical forest.
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