Pontes e Lacerda

Municipality in Central-West, Brazil
Flag of Pontes e Lacerda
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Official seal of Pontes e Lacerda
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Nickname: 
"Princesinha do Guaporé"
Location of Pontes e Lacerda
Location of Pontes e Lacerda
Country BrazilRegionCentral-WestState Mato GrossoFoundedDecember 29, 1979Government
 • MayorAlcino Pereira Barcelos (2021-2024)Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total45,774Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Pontes e Lacerda is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

Location

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

The city is served by Pontes e Lacerda Airport.

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ PES Serra de Santa Bárbara (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-04

15°13′33″S 59°20′06″W / 15.22583334°S 59.335000°W / -15.22583334; -59.335000

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Capital: Cuiabá
Centro-Sul Mato-Grossense
Alto Pantanal
Alto Paraguai
Cuiabá
Rosario Oeste
Nordeste Mato-Grossense
Canarana
Medio Araguaia
Norte Araguaia
Norte Mato-Grossense
Alta Floresta
Alto Teles Pires
Arinos
Aripuanã
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Sinop
Sudeste Mato-Grossense
Alto Araguaia
Primavera do Leste
Rondonópolis
Tesouro
Sudoeste Mato-Grossense
Alto Guaporé
Jauru
Tangará da Serra


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