Nobres
Nobres is a city in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It is located approximately 140 kilometers from Cuiabá on the south slopes of the Serra Azul.
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Location in Mato Grosso state | |
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Coordinates: 14°44′S 56°20′W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Central-West |
State | Mato Grosso |
Government | |
• Mayor | Leocir Hanel[1] (PSDB) |
Population (2020 [2]) | |
• Total | 15,334 |
Time zone | UTC-04:00 (BRT-1) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-03:00 (BRST-1) |
Website | Official Website |
Tourists are encouraged to visit the region for its beautiful waterways and limestone caves.[3] The municipality contains the 12,513 hectares (30,920 acres) Gruta da Lagoa Azul State Park (Cave of the Blue Lagoon State Park), created in 1999.[4] The rock deposits in the area have also been used to study post-glacial carbonates.[5] The municipality contains most of the 11,328 hectares (27,990 acres) Águas do Cuiabá Ecological Station, a fully protected conservation unit in the cerrado biome.[6]
Population: 14.938 [7]
The local currency is the Real.
The two major religious faiths are Roman Catholic and Protestant.[8]
References
- http://www.nobres.mt.gov.br/Prefeitura/Prefeito/
- IBGE 2020
- Nobres Chapada Explorer
- PES Gruta da Lagoa Azul (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-02
- Chemostratigraphy of Ediacaran Post-Glacial Carbonates Figueiredo M.F. et. al.
- ESEC Águas do Cuiabá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-24
- "IBGE | Cidades | Mato Grosso | Nobres | Estimativa da População 2016". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- Collins Maps information page