Juara is a
municipality located in the
state of
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP.
Neighboring ...
in the
Central-West Region of
Brazil.
It is known as the Cattle Capital. Its area is , and its population is 35,121 inhabitants (2020 estimate). The town's economy is based in three field: Wood extraction, cattle rearing and agriculture. However, the wood is coming to an end. Because of that, the development has become slow in this place. Juara is situated about 730 km from the state capital which is
Cuiabá, there are two highways of which one is MT 338 that links Juara to
Cuiabá and the other is MT 220 that links Juara to
Sinop. In the last years many people have moved away because of the lack of jobs and education. The students who want to go to a good college have to move to other cities, they usually move to
Sinop or
Cuiabá. The distance from the capital of
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP.
Neighboring ...
is vast, it takes about 12 hours by bus from Juara to
Cuiabá. For this reason, population prefer to go to
Sinop by bus because it is nearer than
Cuiabá and then they take an airplane there, but the flight is expensive.
The city is served by the
Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport. Only air taxis operate in the airport because of the lack of structure.
See also
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List of municipalities in Mato Grosso
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Mato Grosso (MT), located in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Mato Grosso is divided into 141 municipalities, which are grouped into 22 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions.
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References
Municipalities in Mato Grosso
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