General Information

Area: 906.806,9 square kilometers
Population: 2.313.634 inhabitants (1995)
Capital: Cuiabá
Main Cities: Várzea Grande, Rondonópolis and Cáceres
Holidays: May 15 (fundação de Várzea Grande); December 8 (Nossa Senhora da Conceição)
Main products: crops (soybeans, sugar cane, bananas), bovine livestock, mining and timber.
Main industries: metallurgy and foodstuffs.


Useful Information

Telephone Calls
The code for the state is (+65).
Time Zone
(-1) hours in relation to Brasilia time. When daylight savings time is in effect in the center-south of Brazil, this difference is (-2) hours.
Aeroporto de Cuiabá
Aeroporto Marechal Rondon, Várzea Grande (7 Km from downtown).
Air Taxi
Prótaxi - (065) 322-3344.
Rádio-táxi
Bandeirante - (065) 322-3344
Car Rent
Localiza - (065) 381-4827
Medical Services
Hospital Modelo - (068) 322-5599
Rua Comandante Costa, 1262

Lodging

Hotel Eldorado Cuiabá
Av.Isaac Póvoas, 1000.
Tel: (065) 624-4000.
Fax: (065) 624-1480.

Novotel Paiguás
Av. Rubens de Mendonça, 1718.
Tel: (065) 624-5353.
Fax: (065) 322-2910.

Global Garden Hotel
Av. Miguel Sutil, 5555.
Tel: (065) 624-1660.
Fax: (065) 624-9966.

Best Western Mato Grosso Palace
Joaquim Murtinho, 270.
Tel: (065) 624-7747.
Fax: (065) 321-2386.


Transportation
Air transport | River transport | Highways providing access

Air transport

Cities served by air connections
Alta Floresta: Nordeste
Aripuanã: Taba
Campo Novos dos Parecis: Taba
Cuiabá: Tam, Varig, Taba, Vasp, Passaredo, Transbrasil, Nordeste and Penta
Juara: Taba
Juina: Taba
Juruena: Taba
Matupá: Penta
São Felix do Araguaia: Tam
Sinop: Nordeste, Taba and Penta
Sorriso: Penta


Companies

VARIG
(065) 682-1140
NORDESTE
Toll Free: 0 800 992004
VASP
(065) 682-3737
TRANSBRASIL
(069) 682-3597 or 624-2000
TAM
(069) 682-3650 or 321-7947
TABA
(065) 682-1042
PASSAREDO
Toll Free: 0 800 163777
PENTA
(091) 522-2857/6719


Attractions

Tourism agencies and operators


Shopping