Corumba
| Corumbá | |||
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| The Municipality of Corumbá | |||
View Corumbá from the River Paraguay
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| Nickname(s): Capital do Pantanal (in English: Capital of Pantanal); Cidade Branca (in English: White City) | |||
 Location in Mato Grosso do Sul |
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 Corumbá
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| Coordinates: 19°00′32″S 57°39′10″W / 19.00889°S 57.65278°W | |||
| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Mato Grosso do Sul | ||
| Region | Center-West | ||
| Macroregion | Pantanais Sul-Mato-Grossenses | ||
| Microregion | Baixo Pantanal | ||
| Founded | 1778 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Paulo Duarte (PDT) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Municipality | 64,960 km2 (25,080 sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 21 km2 (8 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 118 m (387 ft) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Municipality | 107,347 | ||
| • Density | 1,6/km2 (40/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 128,453 | ||
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| Time zone | UTC -4 | ||
| Website | Corumbá Official Website | ||
Corumbá Portuguese pronunciation: [koɾũˈba] is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 425 km northwest of Campo Grande, the state's capital. It has a population of approximately 96,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly on agriculture, animal husbandry, mineral extraction, and tourism, being the gateway to the biggest wetlands of the world, the Pantanal.
Corumbá International Airport connects it to many Brazilian cities and also operates some international flights. There is also another airport serving Corumbá indirectly: the Puerto Suárez International Airport, 20 km away from the center of the city of Corumbá. The city is one of the few Brazilian cities to be served by two international airports
Corumbá is the westernmost and northernmost city in Mato Gosso do Sul, and it is by far the largest municipality by area in that state, composing 18% of its territory. It is also the eleventh largest municipality in Brazil and the largest outside Amazonas and Pará.
The territory of Corumbá has an enclaved municipality within it: Ladário.
Founded as a military outpost and colony in 1778 by the Spanish. It became strategically important with the opening of the Paraguay River to international trade after the Paraguayan War (1865–70). Nearby are the buttes of Urucum Mount, which contain vast mineral deposits. In 1878 it was raised to the category of city.
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