Peixoto de Azevedo
Peixoto de Azevedo on the map of the State of Mato Grosso
The municipality of Peixoto de Azevedo is located in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil.
Peixoto de Azevedo has an unemployment rate of 30 %, which is well above the national average of 10.8 %. The community residents are Protestant and 50% Catholic to 40%.
History
A military expedition led by Antônio Peixoto de Azevedo in 1819 explored the north of Mato Grasso in search of new flow paths. At the 1970 built road from Cuiabá to Santarém emerged mid-1970s, some villages. The area was founded in 1978 achieved a gold rush. The street village Peixoto de Azevedo became a shanty town.
In 1985, Peixoto counted 100,000 inhabitants, had a gold envelope and a half tons per month and 136 gold buying stations. Violence and killings were common. A year later, Peixoto was declared an independent parish. Economic liberalization and high oil prices ended 1992, the profitability of Schürferei. Thousands Garimpeiros plundered and left the city.
Through the acquisition of hundreds of families in Peixoto in1993 street village that thrives on livestock, timber slash, coffee, beans and maize originated.
Microregion Alto Pantanal: Barao de Melgaço | Cáceres | Curvelândia | Pocone | Micro Alto Paraguay: Alto Paraguay | Arenápolis | Nortelândia | Nova Marilândia | Santo Afonso | microregion Cuiabá: Chapada dos Guimarães | Cuiabá | Nossa Senhora do Livramento | Santo Antônio do Leverger | Várzea Grande | microregion Rosario Oeste: Acorizal | Jangada | Rosário Oeste
Micro- region of Alta Floresta Alta Floresta | Apiacás | Carlinda | Nova Bandeirantes | Nova Monte Verde | Paranaíta | Micro Alto Teles Pires: Ipiranga do Norte | Itanhangá | Lucas do Rio Verde | Nobres | Nova Mutum | Nova Ubirata | Santa Rita do Trivelato | Sorriso | Tapurah | microregion Arinos: Juara | Nova Maringá | Novo Horizonte do Norte | Porto dos gauchos | São José do Rio Claro | Tabaporã | microregion Aripuanã: Aripuanã | Brasnorte | Castanheira | Colniza | Cotriguaçu | Juína | Juruena | Rondolândia | microregion Colider: Colider | Guarantã do Norte | Matupa | Nova Canaã do Norte | Nova Guarita | Novo Mundo | Peixoto de Azevedo | Terra Nova do Norte | microregion Paranatinga: Gaúcha do Norte | Nova Brasilândia | Paranatinga | Planalto da Serra | microregion Parecis: Comodoro | Campo Novo do Parecis | Campos de Júlio | Diamantino | Sapezal | microregion Sinop: Cláudia | Feliz Natal | Itaúba | Marcelândia | Nova Santa Helena | Santa Carmem | Sinop | União do Sul | Vera
Microregion Canarana: Água Boa | Campinápolis | Canarana | Nova Nazaré | Nova Xavantina | Novo São Joaquim | Querência | Santo Antônio do Leste | microregion Medio Araguaia: Araguaiana | Barra do Garças | Cocalinho | microregion Norte Araguaia: Alto Boa Vista | Bom Jesus do Araguaia | Canabrava do Norte | Confresa | Luciára | Novo Santo Antônio | Porto Alegre do Norte | Ribeirão Cascalheira | Santa Cruz do Xingu | Santa Terezinha | São Félix do Araguaia | São José do Xingu | Serra Nova Dourada | Vila Rica
Microregion Alto Araguaia: Alto Araguaia | Alto Garças | Alto Taquari | microregion Primavera do Leste: Campo Verde | Primavera do Leste | microregion Rondonópolis: Dom Aquino | Itiquira | Jaciara | Juscimeira | Pedra Preta | Rondonópolis | São José do Povo | São Pedro da Cipa | microregion Tesouro: Araguainha | General Carneiro | Guiratinga | Pontal do Araguaia | Ponte Branca | Poxoreo | Ribeirãozinho | Tesouro | Torixoréu
Microregion Alto Guapore: Conquista d' Oeste | Nova Lacerda | Pontes e Lacerda | Vale de São Domingos | Vila Bela da Trindade Santíssima | microregion Jauru: Araputanga | Figueirópolis d' Oeste | Glória d' Oeste | Indiavaí | Jauru | Lambari d' Oeste | Mirassol d' Oeste | Porto Esperidião | Reserva do Cabaçal | Rio Branco | Salto do Céu | São José dos Quatro Marcos | microregion Tangará da Serra: Barra do Bugres | Denise | Nova Olímpia | Porto Estrela | Tangará da Serra
Note: capital of the federal state is Cuiabá.
- Place in Mato Grosso