Campo Grande

Overview

The capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state, Campo Grande is a modern, pleasant town of 765,000 (2006) that sits in the middle of Brazilian cattle country. The city serves as the main gateway to the southern part of the Pantanal. It is known in Brazil for brown city because of the colored color of its land. Its inhabitants are called field-grandenses. He turned capital the state of Mato Grosso of the South from 1 of January of 1979. The culture of the city is an inheritance left for the indians and diverse races (Italian, German, Syrian-Lebaneses, Japanese, Paraguayans, Bolivians, among others). It makes use of some attractive tourist ones that portraies the history of the city at some times (disclosed in the culinária, artesanato and culture). Offering some hotels, bars, restaurants and similars, beyond equipment of agricultural and urban leisure, the Brown capital already considered one polo tourist cosmopolita (almost a metropolis), without losing its agricultural raízes that give to irresistible characteristics and a differentiated culture to it. Campo Grande was founded in August 26, 1899 as the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul State.

History