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Campo Grande, state Mato Grosso do SulКампо Гранде, Мату Гроссу ду Сул См. Фото-галерею The region where the city is located was in the past a mandatory way for travellers who wanted to go from São Paulo or Minas Gerais to the northern Mato Grosso by land. During the early 1900s the railway was completed, connecting Campo Grande to Corumbá, in the northwest region of the state, and to Bauru, São Paulo. Also in the beginning of the 20th century, the Western Brazilian Army Headquarters was established in Campo Grande, making it an important military center. Campo Grande has worthy characteristics of a metropolis. With a populatinal growth of 140,000 people in 1970 up to 800,000 people in 2007, it became the third biggest urban center and is considered the third moset developed city of the Center-West region and 23th largest city of Brazil. In 1977, the State of Mato Grosso was split in two, and Campo Grande became the capital of the new state, that consists of the southern portion of the original state of Mato Grosso. Today, the city has its own culture, which is a mixture of several ethnic groups, most notably immigrants from the Japanese island of Okinawa, Lebanon and Portugal, White people from the Brazilian Southern and Southeast Regions and natives. The Campo Grande International Airport connects Campo Grande with Brazilian cities and also operates international flights. The city is home to the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul.
HistoryCampo Grande started as a small village founded in 1877 by farmers José Antônio Pereira and Manoel Vieira de Sousa (a.k.a. Manoel Olivério) who came from Minas Gerais just after the end of the War of the Triple Alliance. They founded the village, known at that time as Santo Antônio de Campo Grande, near the Serra de Maracaju cliffs, at the confluence of two streams. These streams were named Prosa and Segredo (Portuguese for conversation and secret respectively) and today their wetted perimeters are two of the most important avenues of the city. In the end of 1877 the founder built the first church of the village. The roughly aligned houses formed the first street, known as Rua Velha (Old Street), today Rua 26 de Agosto (26th of August Street). This street ended where today one finds a square in honor of the immigrants that came to the city later. The city started to develop relatively fast because of its privileged climate and location. These factors drew people from other regions of the country, especially the South, the Southeast and the Northeast regions. The settlement was officially recognized as a municipality by the State Government on August 26, 1899 and renamed Campo Grande.
Oficial informationThe city was founded in 1899. Government - Mayor - Nelson Trad Filho (PMDB) Area - City - 8,110 km² (3,131.3 sq mi) - Urban - 334 km² (129 sq mi) Elevation - 532 m (1,745 ft) Population (2006) - City - 765,247 - Density - 94.5/km² (244.8/sq mi) - Urban - 90%  | |||
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