Mato Grosso do Sul | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: Hino de Mato Grosso do Sul | |
 Location of State of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Founded | October 11, 1977 |
| Capital and largest city | Campo Grande |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Eduardo Riedel (PSDB) |
| • Vice Governor | José Carlos Barbosa (PP) |
| • Senators | Nelsinho Trad (PSD) Tereza Cristina (PP) Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 357,124.962 km2 (137,886.719 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 6th |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,757,013 |
| • Rank | 21st |
| • Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 20th |
| Demonym | Sul-mato-grossense or Mato-grossense-do-sul |
| GDP | |
| • Total | R$ 142.204 billion (US$ 26.379 billion) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2021 |
| • Category | 0.742[3] – high (9th) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BRT-1) |
| Postal Code | 79000-000 to 79990-000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-MS |
| License Plate Letter Sequence | HQF to HTW, NRF to NSD, OOG to OOU, QAA to QAZ, REW to REZ, SLW to SML |
| Website | ms.gov.br |
Mato Grosso do Sul (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmatu ˈɡɾosu du ˈsuw] lit. 'South Thick Bush') is one of Brazil's 27 federal units, located in the southern part of the Central-West Region, bordering five Brazilian states: Mato Grosso (to the north), Goiás and Minas Gerais (northeast), São Paulo (east) and Paraná (southeast); and two South American countries: Paraguay (south and southwestern) and Bolivia (west). It is divided into 79 municipalities and covers an area of 357,145.532 square kilometers, which is about the same size as Germany. With a population of 2,839,188 inhabitants in 2021, Mato Grosso do Sul is the 21st most populous state in Brazil.
Campo Grande is the capital and largest city of Mato Grosso do Sul. The economy of the state is largely based on agriculture and cattle-raising. Crossed in the south by the Tropic of Capricorn, Mato Grosso do Sul generally has a warm, sometimes hot, and humid climate, and is crossed by numerous tributaries of the Paraná River. The state has 1.3% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.5% of the Brazilian GDP. Mato Grosso do Sul is also known for its natural environment, and is a destination for domestic and international tourism. The Pantanal lowlands cover 12 municipalities and presents a variety of flora and fauna, with forests, natural sand banks, savannahs, open pasture, fields and bushes. The city Bonito, in the mountain of Bodoquena, has prehistoric caves, natural rivers, waterfalls, swimming pools and the Gruta do Lago Azul cave.
The name Mato Grosso do Sul is Portuguese for "Southern Thick Bush"; the name is inherited from its northern neighbour state of Mato Grosso, from which it was split on 1 January 1979. The state is still commonly referred to as "Mato Grosso" in colloquial speech. Other names that were proposed, at the time of the split and afterwards, include "Pantanal" (a reference to its best known geographical feature) and "Maracaju" (a reference to the Maracaju Mountain Range that crosses the state from north to south).
- ^ "2022 Census Overview" (in Portuguese).
- ^ "PIB por Unidade da Federação, 2021". ibge.gov.br.
- ^ "Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano no Brasil. Pnud Brasil, Ipea e FJP, 2022". www.atlasbrasil.org.br. Retrieved 2023-06-11.