Barão de Melgaço is a municipality in the stateofMato Grosso in the Central-West RegionofBrazil.[2][3][4][5]
Barão de Melgaço
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Municipality
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Location in Mato Grosso
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Region | Center-West |
State | Mato Grosso |
Mesoregion | Centro-Sul Mato-Grossense |
Population
(2020 [1])
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• Total | 8,164 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
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]
16°16′44″S 55°57′28″W / 16.2789°S 55.9578°W / -16.2789; -55.9578
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