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Capital:
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Cuiabá |
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Population:
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520,000 |
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State Pop: |
2,500,000
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Area: |
906,806.9 km² (350,027 mi²) |
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Economy: |
Agribusiness, Leads Brazil in cattle
production - 27 million head |
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The major producer of soybeans
in Brazil. |
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Produces 51% of Brazil's
and 3.9% of World's cotton |
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Home to large, vast cattle ranches. A tropical Texas, with room to grow.
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30 years ago most of the State was in Mato
Grosso (thick 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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