Pontes e Lacerda
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Municipality in Central-West, Brazil
Pontes e Lacerda | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| The Municipality of Pontes e Lacerda | |
| Nickname: "Princesinha do Guaporé" | |
| Location of Pontes e Lacerda Location of Pontes e Lacerda | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Central-West |
| State | Mato Grosso |
| Founded | December 29, 1979 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alcino Pereira Barcelos (2021-2024) |
| Population (2020 [1] ) | |
• Total | 45,774 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Pontes e Lacerda is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
Location
[edit ]Pontes e Lacerda is located 450 km from Cuiabá, at a latitude 15° 13'34" south and a longitude 59° 20'07" west, with an altitude of 254 meters. Its estimated population in 2020 was 45,774 inhabitants. It has an area of 8,423 square kilometers.
The municipality contains 73% of the 120,092 hectares (296,750 acres) Serra de Santa Bárbara State Park, created in 1997.[2]
Transportation
[edit ]The city is served by Pontes e Lacerda Airport.
References
[edit ]- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ PES Serra de Santa Bárbara (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016年08月04日
15°13′33′′S 59°20′06′′W / 15.22583334°S 59.335000°W / -15.22583334; -59.335000
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