Campo Grande is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Center-West region of the country. The city is nicknamed Cidade Morena because of the reddish-brown colour of the region's soil. It has a population of 906,092, according to a 2020 IBGE estimate.
Image: VA Avenida Afonso Pena
Image: Catedral de Campo Grande 5
Image: ZYA942 TV Morena "Waffle Tower" Campo Grande MS
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Mato Grosso do Sul is one of Brazil's 27 federal units, located in the southern part of the Central-West Region, bordering five Brazilian states: Mato Grosso, Goiás and Minas Gerais (northeast), São Paulo (east) and Paraná (southeast); and two South America countries: Paraguay 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.
Pantanal
Paraguay River in Mato Grosso do Sul
Aerial view of Campo Grande, the capital.
Campo Grande is the most important educational centre of the state.