Pontes e Lacerda

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Pontes e Lacerda
Municipality
The Municipality of Pontes e Lacerda
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Nickname:  "Princesinha do Guaporé"
Location of Pontes e Lacerda
Country	Brazil
Region	Central-West
State	Mato Grosso
Founded	December 29, 1979
Government
• Mayor	Alcino Pereira Barcelos (2021-2024)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	45,774
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

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 120,092 hectares (296,750 acres) Serra de Santa Bárbara State Park, created in 1997.^[2]

The city is served by Pontes e Lacerda Airport.

15°13′33″S 59°20′06″W / 15.22583334°S 59.335000°W / -15.22583334; -59.335000

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