Confresa

Confresa
Municipality
Flag of Confresa
Official seal of Confresa
Country Brazil
RegionCenter-West
StateMato Grosso
MesoregionNordeste Mato-Grossense
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total31,510
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Confresa is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]

The city is served by Confresa Airport.

History

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The first settlement that led to the formation of the municipality of Confresa was called Vila Tapiraguaia, a fusion of the terms Tapirapé and Araguaia. This was a geographic reference to the Tapirapé and Araguaia Rivers, tributaries forming the Tocantins Basin. The term Confresa refers to the Colonizadora Frenova Sapeva. This company owned the Fazendas Reunidas Nova Amazônia, which included numerous agricultural properties and a distillery. The company is now called Frenova Agropecuária Ltda.[6]

Confresa was established as a district of Santa Terezinha on April 17, 1990. It was elevated to municipality status on December 20, 1991, also incorporating small areas from Luciara and Porto Alegre do Norte. The district headquarters was established on January 1, 1993, and on March 19, 1997, the district of Veranópolis was created. Confresa also includes the following agricultural villages: Jacaré, Valente, Três Flechas, Buriti, Novo Planalto, Pé de Caju, Lumiar, Vila Goiás, Bridão Brasileiro, Santa Marta, Pé de Galinha, and Postinho.[7][8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. ^ "Confresa/MT - O maior município do Norte Araguaia comemora 27 anos de emancipação política e administrativa :". Agua Boa News (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  7. ^ "Dados Gerais". Prefeitura Municipal de Confresa - MT (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  8. ^ "Prefeito decreta 'lockdown' em município com 30 mil habitantes e 3 mortes por Covid-19". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2024-06-24.

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