Summary
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.
Nobres | |
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 Flag | |
 Location in Mato Grosso state | |
  Nobres Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 14°44′S 56°20′W / 14.733°S 56.333°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Central-West |
| State | Mato Grosso |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Leocir Hanel[1] (PSDB) |
| Population (2020 [2]) | |
| • Total | 15,334 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
| 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 edit
- ^ "Prefeitura Municipal de Nobres".
- ^ 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