Mato Grosso

State of Mato Grosso
State
Flag Coat of arms
Location of State of Mato Grosso in Brazil
Coordinates: 15°34′S 56°04′W
Country	Brazil
Capital and Largest City	Cuiabá
Government
• Governor	José Pedro Taques (PSDB)
Area
• Total	903,357 km2 (348,788 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd
Population  (2012)
• Total	3,115,336
• Rank	19th
• Density	3.4/km2 (8.9/sq mi)
• Rank	25th
Demonym	Mato-grossense
GDP
• Year	2006 estimate
• Total	R$ 35,284,000,000 (15th)
• Per capita	R$ 12,350 (8th)
HDI
• Year	2005
• Category	0.801 – medium (11th)
Time zone	UTC-4 (BRT-1)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (BRST-1)
Postal Code	78000-000 to 78890-000
ISO 3166 code	BR-MT

Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil. It is in the western part of the country. Mato Grosso shares borders with the states of Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It also borders the country Bolivia to the southwest. The name, Mato Grosso, means "thick jungle".

Mato Grosso is the state in Brazil in which the most deforestation of Brazil's part of the Amazon Rainforest has happened. In 1977, the state was split into two halves. This created the new state Mato Grosso do Sul. The Bororo native people live in the Mato Grosso area.

Cities

There are few cities. The most important ones are:

• Alta Floresta
• Barra do Garças
• Cáceres
• Cuiabá, the capital
• Rondonópolis
• Sinop
• Várzea Grande