The name literally means "thick thicket" or "large forest."
Capital: Cuiabá.
Population: Approximately 3.7–4 million inhabitants (very low population density).
Economy: Strongly focused on agriculture and livestock; Brazil's largest producer of soy, corn, and cotton, and a top beef producer.
Nature: Three major ecosystems: Amazon rainforest (north), Cerrado (savanna), Pantanal (the world's largest tropical wetland, extremely rich in wildlife such as jaguars, caimans, capybaras, and thousands of bird species).
Famous attractions: Chapada dos Guimarães (waterfalls, caves, plateaus), the northern part of the Pantanal, and Xingu National Park.
In short: a vast, sparsely populated frontier state with explosive agricultural growth, but also some of the most beautiful and biodiverse natural areas in the world.
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