Pontes e Lacerda | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Official Name: | The Municipality of Pontes e Lacerda |
Nickname: | "Princesinha do Guaporé" |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Central-West |
Subdivision Name2: | Mato Grosso |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 45,774 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Alcino Pereira Barcelos (2021-2024) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | December 29, 1979 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Pontes e Lacerda is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
Pontes e Lacerda is located 450 km from Cuiabá, at a latitude 15° 13'34" south and a longitude 59° 20'07" west, with an altitude of 254 meters. Its estimated population in 2020 was 45,774 inhabitants. It has an area of 8,423 square kilometers.
The municipality contains 73% of the Serra de Santa Bárbara State Park, created in 1997.
The city is served by Pontes e Lacerda Airport.