Official Name: | Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Motto: | A força da União (The force of union) |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Center-West |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Mato Grosso |
Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Name3: | Norte Mato-Grossense |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Valdemar Gamba (PSD) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | May 19, 1976 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 8,947.069 |
Population As Of: | 2022 [1] |
Population Total: | 58,613 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -12.545°N -55.7108°W |
Elevation M: | 283 |
Blank Name: | Demonym |
Blank Info: | altaflorestense, florestense |
Founder: | Ariosto da Riva [2] |
Alta Floresta (Portuguese for "High Forest") is a municipality in Mato Grosso, Brazil. It is located at around -9.8861°N 56.0872°W.
The municipality is served by Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport.
The municipality contains a small part of the Cristalino State Park, created in 2001.