Ponta Porã is a
municipalityA municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.The notion of municipality...
located in the
Brazilian stateThe Federative Republic of Brazil is a union of twenty-six estados and one district, the Distrito Federal which contains the capital city, Brasília....
of
Mato Grosso do SulMato Grosso do Sul is one of the states of Brazil.Neighbouring states are Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay and Bolivia to the west...
. Its population is 68,317 (2006) and its area is 5,329 km².
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Ponta Porã is a
municipalityA municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.The notion of municipality...
located in the
Brazilian stateThe Federative Republic of Brazil is a union of twenty-six estados and one district, the Distrito Federal which contains the capital city, Brasília....
of
Mato Grosso do SulMato Grosso do Sul is one of the states of Brazil.Neighbouring states are Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay and Bolivia to the west...
. Its population is 68,317 (2006) and its area is 5,329 km².
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