The area of scrub forest to the east of Coxim and north of Campo Grande used to be the territory of the Caiapó Indian nation, who ambushed miners along the routes to Goiás and Cuiabá from São Paulo, posing a serious threat to Portuguese expansion and development in the mid-eighteenth century. In reaction to […]
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Paved highways account for a meagre 0.2 million km, while unpaved highways add up to more than 1.8 million km.
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