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Naviraí

Naviraí
Municipality
The Municipality of Naviraí
View of Parque Sucupira, Naviraí
View of Parque Sucupira, Naviraí
Flag of Naviraí
Flag
Official seal of Naviraí
Seal
Nickname(s): "Ordem, Trabalho, Progresso"  (Portuguese)
"Order, Work, Progress"
Motto: "Corredor do Mercosul"  (Portuguese)
"Corridor of Mercosur"
Location in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul
Location in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul
Country  Brazil
State Bandeira de Mato Grosso do Sul.svg Mato Grosso do Sul
Region Center-West
Microregion Iguatemi
Founded 1952
Government
 • Mayor Leandro Peres de Matos (PP)
Area
 • Municipality 3,193.8 km2 (1,233.1 sq mi)
 • Urban 7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Elevation 362 m (1,188 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Municipality 50,692
 • Density 16/km2 (40/sq mi)
  IBGE/2014
Time zone UTC-4 (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-3 (UTC-3)
Postal Code 79950-000
Area code(s) +55 67
Website navirai.ms.gov.br

Coordinates: 23°03′54″S 54°11′27″W / 23.06500°S 54.19083°W / -23.06500; -54.19083

Naviraí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Its population was 50,692 (2014) and its area is 3,194 km².

Founded in 1952 and emancipated in 1963, Naviraí until the 1950s was just a field uninhabited. It was then that began to arrive by plane and by boat and the first settlers in 1955 with the construction of the road linking the Golden Ashland, began to develop more speed. Known as the Capital of Southern Cone, Naviraí has traced urban plan with pathways that convert the center to the periphery, with a format of cobweb.

The city of Ashland has an urban design Colonizadora Vera Cruz Mato Grosso Ltda to create, in the middle of then Mato Grosso, a new Canaan. In 1952 is initially populated called Vera Cruz, according to the honônima colonizing, and since 1958 has the current name when it was promoted to Ashland district. From then the city developed and became one of the most important of Mato Grosso do Sul thanks to his early entrepreneurs . Largely came to believe that the region would become a major regional center of a region rich . Within decades of foundation were three major economic phases which can be divided as follows as follows:

In 90 years there has been increasing economic development allied construction was crucial to Ashland experiencing an outbreak of buildings and luxury residences located in both the central core when the outer boroughs. Thus, the urban changes contrasted with the social ills and the need for public policies to solve such problems. If not ouvesse Naviraí solutions run the risk of becoming stagnant. But then there was economic policies that prevented the city was lost economically. Among these investments are Copasul (refrigerators), Coopernavi / Usinavi, agribusiness, the garment industry and a strong trade and diversificado.


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