Ponta Porã (Federal Territory)
Ponta Porã (Federal Territory)
Ponta Porã, a federal territory in southwest Brazil from 1943 to 1945. Ponta Porã was created by the Getúlio Vargas administration in what is now the southern portion of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul to strengthen government control over an area that was a major center of resistance to Vargas's regime. The district was bordered to the east by the Paraná River and to the west and south by Paraguay. The northern border was at approximately 23 degrees south latitude. It was a sparsely populated region whose closest city was Campo Grande, now the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul. In present-day Brazil, Ponta Porã is a small city on the Paraguayan border, in Mato Grosso do Sul, with a population of 68,317 in 2006.
See alsoVargas, Getúlio Dornelles .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Additional Bibliography
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Torrecilha, Maria Lucia, and Heliana Comin Vargas. A Fronteira, as cidades e a linha. Sao Paulo, Brazil: Thesis, 2003.
Michael J. Broyles