Poxoréu, Diamond mining municipality in Mato Grosso, Brazil
The municipality of Poxoréu stretches across 6,910 square kilometers of land at an elevation of 652 meters in central-western Brazil.
Diamond discoveries in June 1924 sparked the initial settlement of Poxoréu, leading to its establishment as a prominent mining center in Mato Grosso.
The native Bororo people inhabited the territory of Poxoréu before the arrival of diamond prospectors and agricultural settlers in the early 1900s.
Poxoréu maintains connections with neighboring cities through regional roads and sits 692 kilometers from Brasília, operating in the UTC-3 time zone.
The municipality recorded precise geographical coordinates at 15°50′13″S latitude and 54°23′20″W longitude, within the Sudeste Mato-Grossense mesoregion.
Location: Mato Grosso
Elevation above the sea: 652 m
Shares border with: Primavera do Leste, Dom Aquino, General Carneiro, Guiratinga, Juscimeira, Novo São Joaquim, Rondonópolis, São José do Povo, São Pedro da Cipa, Tesouro
Website: http://poxoreu.mt.gov.br
GPS coordinates: -15.83694,-54.38889
Latest update: March 14, 2025 13:01
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