MATO GROSSO
Capital: Cuiabá
- State Population: 2.177.602
- Area: 906.806.9 km²
- Economy: agriculture, cattle raising, extracting
(rubber, lumber )
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Instituted officially by decree n¡ 2, of January 31St, 1890, of the State Government,
the Flag of Mato Grosso with the denomination of the Private Flag of the Federal State of
Mato Grosso.
It is made up of a blue rectangle, with a white lozenge inscribed, and inside
this, a yellow star in a green disc.
The blue represents the immense sky of Mato Grosso, the white, peace; the
green, the rich vegetation of the State; and the yellow, the gold that caused the pioneers
great fascination.
Links to Mato Grosso and its cities...
Cuiaba by Walter 2001
Cuiaba - Brazil August 2001