Dourados
Dourados is a Brazilian municipality, situated in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 225 km Southwest of Campo Grande. It has a population of about 225,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly in arable agriculture and in cattle ranching. Dourados is also the second most populous and important city of this state. Its media, commerce, and services more than take care of the thirty cities of Mato Grosso do Sul, including a part of Paraguay. For... Show more its size and importance, it is an economic and social capital of a region that possesses approximately a million inhabitants. Its development was slow until the first half of the 20th century, because of transportation limitations, especially with Campo Grande and the State of São Paulo. From 1950, it increased its development with the construction of roads. With this, it received migrants from other parts of the country and immigrants. The city...