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Campo Grande is a modern, pleasant town of 800,000 inhabitants 2007 that sits in the middle of Brazilian cattle country. The city plays an important role as a regional center for services and commerce. For travelers, Campo Grande is the main gateway to the southern part of the Pantanal and to Bonito, a small town surrounded by rivers of clear waters located approximately 300 km far from Campo Grande. It is known in Brazil for as the brown city because of the local soil color. Its inhabitants are called campo-grandenses.
The culture of the city involves a heritage of native Brazilians and other people of diverse origins Italian, German, Syrian-Lebanese, Japanese, Paraguayans, and Bolivians, among others.
