Cuiabá
Cuiabá, formerly known as Cuyabá, is a city of 551 thousand1 located along a river of the same name2 in the south center of Mato Grosso state, which is in the Center-West Region of Brasil (Brazil). The town was founded in the 18th century during a gold rush, but rose to prominence as a support center for the Brazilian war with Paraguay (1864-1870),3 and grew further after 1970.4 The tallest building is the residential tower, Fontana di Trevi (348 feet, 32 stories, 1998).4 It is served by one of Brasil's busiest airports.4
| Name | Year | Population |
| Cuyabá | 1900 CE | 34,0006 |
| Cuiabá | 2013 CE | 551,0001 |
External references
Overview of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Center-West Region, Brasil (Brazil)
Historical maps
Footnotes
1. Figure for 2013 in the side banner of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuiab%C3%A1, accessed 8/10/2015.
2. The Cuiabá flows south into the Paraguai (Paraguay), which flows south into the Paraná, which ends in the estuarine, River de la Plata.
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuiab%C3%A1, accessed 8/10/2015.
4. Emporis.com, accessed 8/10/2015. That site gives the metropolitan population as about 900 thousand.
5. Over one million passengers in 2014 per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Brazil, accessed 9/29/2014.
6. Estimate in Tables of the World's Largest Cities, in Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth, 2nd ed. (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987).
