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Alto Garças

Total population

13,052

Elevation754 m
Land area3866.92 km²
Coordinates-16.95°, -53.53°

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City facts

Elevation
754 m
Area
3866.92 km²
Official website
www.altogarcas.mt.gov.br

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Overview

Alto Garças is a municipality) in the south-east of the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso with a population of about 12,000 on an area of 3672 km2. The distance to the state capital Cuiabá is approximately 350 km. In 1933 Alto Garças became a district of the municipality of Santa Rita do Araguaia and on 10 December 1953 it was separated as an independent entity. Alto Garças is part of the micro-region Alto Araguaia.

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Latitude
-16.9465
Longitude
-53.5296
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Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code
5100409
UF
MT
Mesorregião
Sudeste Mato-grossense
Microrregião
Alto Araguaia

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
  • • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br