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Mato Grosso
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<p>Mato Grosso is one of the <a href="/facts/States_of_Brazil/546CQ0Jc">states of Brazil</a>, the <a href="/facts/List_of_Brazilian_states_by_area/rxnvRYpu">third largest by area</a>, located in the <a href="/facts/Central-West_Region,_Brazil/0Uus8Ww1">Central-West</a> region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian <a href="/facts/GDP/zQRgyFKc">GDP</a>. </p><p>Neighboring states (from west clockwise) are: <a href="/facts/Rond%C3%B4nia/3HFenrxQ">Rondônia</a>, <a href="/facts/Amazonas_State,_Brazil/PafcYwfy">Amazonas</a>, <a href="/facts/Par%C3%A1/QU8ooF4g">Pará</a>, <a href="/facts/Tocantins/L5Sh9W0S">Tocantins</a>, <a href="/facts/Goi%C3%A1s/RyoomBMA">Goiás</a> and <a href="/facts/Mato_Grosso_do_Sul/26ER8Ulg">Mato Grosso do Sul</a>. It is divided into 142 municipalities and covers an area of 903,357 square kilometers, consequently the state is roughly 82.2% of the size of its southwest neighbor, the nation of <a href="/facts/Bolivia/YNBoDKKR">Bolivia</a>. A state with a flat landscape that alternates between vast <i><a href="/facts/Chapada/uNhjVsy2">chapadas</a></i> and plain areas, Mato Grosso contains three main ecosystems: the <a href="/facts/Cerrado/fcWmgH5F">Cerrado</a>, the <a href="/facts/Pantanal/MjTqwb7q">Pantanal</a> and the <a href="/facts/Amazon_rainforest/MGVatclX">Amazon rainforest</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Chapada_dos_Guimar%C3%A3es_National_Park/1zD2uBgT">Chapada dos Guimarães National Park</a>, with its caves, grottoes, tracks, and waterfalls, is one of its tourist attractions. The extreme northwest of the state has a small part of the Amazonian forest. The <a href="/facts/Xingu_Indigenous_Park/t8D7oPrr">Xingu Indigenous Park</a> and the <a href="/facts/Araguaia_River/tcLXE7Pf">Araguaia River</a> are in Mato Grosso. Farther south, the <a href="/facts/Pantanal/MjTqwb7q">Pantanal</a>, the world's largest <a href="/facts/Wetland/9abbP7CR">wetland</a>, is the habitat for nearly one thousand species of animals and many aquatic birds. </p>