Corumbá is a city on the Paraguay River in southwestern Brazil. It’s a gateway to the Pantanal wetlands, home to wildlife such as jaguars and otters. The Cristo Rei do Pantanal statue has panoramic views of the city and wetlands, as do the Quinze Steps. Colonial architecture in the port area attests to the area's former importance. The Pantanal History Museum (known as Muhpan) has historical exhibits on the Pantanal.
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Corumbá (Banco de Cascalho in the Tupi-Guarani language ; [ 10 ] pron. AFI : [koɾũˈba] ) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul , Central-West Region of the country. It had, according to 2018 estimates by the IBGE, a population of 110,806 inhabitants spread over 32,259 households, being the fourth most populous municipality in Mato Grosso do Sul . It is also the 18th most populous city in the Midwest of Brazil , the 5th most populous border municipality in Brazil and the285th Brazilian municipality in terms of population, with a population density of almost 1.80 inhab/km². With an area of 64,721,719 km² (greater than that of countries such as Switzerland , Slovenia and Estonia ), in terms of area, Corumbá is the 11th largest municipality in Brazil and the largest in Mato Grosso do Sul and the Center-West Region.
It is one of the oldest preserved cities of this State considering the date of foundation of Fort Coimbra of September 13, 1775. The creation of the city of Santiago de Xerez in 1593 and the installations of Jesuit settlements of the Spanish occupation even before the fort were destroyed by Portuguese-Paulista pioneers, but with Camapuã still existing today built in 1650. And the disputes over territory between Portuguese and Spanish are at the origin of the city whose first village appeared in 1778, with the name of Vila de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Albuquerque , founded by Sergeant Major Marcelino Rois Camponês, at the behest of the Governor of the Captaincy of Mato Grosso, Captain-GeneralLuís de Albuquerque de Mello Pereira and Cáceres . The city has always been very strategic regionally for the entry of European goods and its location, after the Albuquerque mountain range (which ends the Pantanal to the south), on the last easily navigable stretch of the Paraguay River for vessels of greater draft and on the edge of the Pantanal, which guaranteed a fast and rich growth between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century , when Amazonian rubber was also exported there. It was also an important river warehouse for Cuiabá and Cáceres ., both important river centers in the region at a time when Corumbá could only be reached by river, which meant that the state parliament was temporarily centralized there (at that time Corumbá was just short of the state capital).
It is the most important port in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and one of the most important river ports in Brazil and in the world. Located on the right bank of the Paraguay River and also on the triple border between Brazil , Paraguay and Bolivia , Corumbá is considered the first development hub in the region. According to the IBGE, in 2014 Corumbá had a GDP of about R$3.1 billion, representing about 4% of the total wealth produced in the state and about 0.06% of the national total. As a result, the municipality ranked fourth in the state, just behind the capital , Dourados and Três Lagoas . There is oneconurbation of Corumbá with 3 more cities: Ladário , Puerto Suarez and Puerto Quijarro . As a result, there is an urban network of around 150,000 people, served by two airports: Corumbá and Puerto Suárez . With a collection of more than BRL 300 million in 2012, [ 11 ] the municipality of Corumbá reached the condition of fourth city with the highest consumption potential in the State and 318th among the 500 with the highest consumption potential in the country, with an ipc of 0.044% in 2014. [ 12 ]The city is also the 149th least violent among Brazilian municipalities with more than 100 thousand inhabitants, considering deaths from aggression (homicides) and violent deaths from undetermined causes (MVCI), where it recorded 34 murders in the study (31.3 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants) according to a study by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) [ 13 ]
Corumbá is a city known for its cultural diversity, with indigenous, South American (Paraguayan,
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