The Zé Bolo Flô State Park (), formerly the José Inácio da Silva State Park is a

State park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "Federated state, state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on accou ...

in the city of

Cuiabá Cuiabá () is the capital city and the largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located near the geographical centre of South America and also forms the metropolitan area of Mato Grosso, along with the neighbouring town of Várz ...

, capital of the state of

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible ...

, Brazil.

Location

The José Inácio da Silva State Park is in the municipality of

, Mato Grosso. It has an area of . The park is named after a wandering poet and songwriter, born José Inácio da Silva. He sold cakes and flowers in Alencastro Square in the center of Cuiabá, and was given the nickname Zé Bolo Flô from his hawker's cry. The park provides a place to relax for residents of Grande Coxipó and the clientele of the health establishments in the park, the Adauto Botelho Hospital, the Doutor Agrícola Paes de Barros School of Public Health and the Ophiology Center. The vegetation is

cerrado The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...

forest, and there are many species of fruit trees. There are two hiking trails, and shortcut paths used by the population. The park has fixed grills and tables, gymnasiums, a mini-stadium and soccer field, playgrounds, landscaping, native forest, ponds, snack bars, toilets, pedestrian path and bike path, and a walkway linking in to the botanical gardens.

History

The state park was created as the Health Park of the State of Mato Grosso () by decree-law 1.693 of 23 August 2000, with an approximate area of . Decree 4138 of 4 April 2002 changed the name to the José Inácio da Silva – "Zé Bolo Flô" State Park. On 26 September 2011 it was renamed to the Zé Bolo Flô State Park. The management plan was issued for approval of 17 October 2012. The consultative council was created of 18 December 2014.

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