Rondonópolis (formerly known as Rio Vermelho (Red River)) is the third-largest

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

, Brazil. It is located around from

Cuiabá Cuiabá () is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located near the geographical centre of South America. Also, it forms the metropolitan area of Mato Grosso, along with the neighbouring town of Várzea Grande. The city' ...

, the capital of the state. The city is named for military officer and explorer Cândido Rondon.

Location

The municipality contains the

Dom Osório Stoffel State Park The Dom Osório Stoffel State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Dom Osório Stoffel) is a state park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It protects an area of the cerrado biome. Location The Dom Osório Stoffel State Park is in the municipality of Ron ...

, created in 2002. The Vermelho River runs through the south of the municipal seat and along the north of the state park border.

Overview

According to the Brazilian

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in 2020 the town had 236,042 inhabitants. The city is growing quickly because many industries settled there and the

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plantation is considered a "new gold rush" in the region, attracting emigrants from distant regions of

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. These people are from the South and Southeast regions who used to work with

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. The farming is extensive and very automated compared to other parts of Brazil. The farms are interesting as when the industry was labor-intensive the owners built small villages around the main house for the workers. These "villages" were self-contained and included schools and medical facilities. Rarely used now for their original purpose many still stand. They are seen as an island surrounded by trees in the middle of soy bean plants stretching to the horizon. In August 2007 the Italian

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''Orchestra Fiati Giovanile Italiana e Coro "I Music Piemonteis"'' conducted by Ugo Bairo, and his

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, conducted by

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performed there. There he premiered his wind composition dedicated to the local government: ''The

March''. The city is situated on the Cerrado, high tableland intersected by deep gorges containing

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and mesa formations. The city is also the jumping off point for tourists and sportsmen visiting the Northern Pantanal. Rondonópolis has a domestic airport, Maestro Marinho Franco Municipal Airport.

Distances from

215 km - (134 miles) * Campo Grande 485 km - (301 miles) *

Brasília Brasília (; ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located at the top of the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino Kubitsche ...

922 km - (573 miles) *

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

1.493 km - (928 miles) *

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

1.806 km - (1,122 miles)

References

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