Corumbá
[key], city, Mato Grosso do Sul state, SW Brazil, on the Paraguay River. A
river port and a junction point on the railroad to Bolivia, it is a trade
center for a large pastoral region. Corumbá exports leather, meat
products, iron ore, and manganese and has varied light industries. Founded
as a military outpost and colony in 1778, it became strategically important
with the opening of the Paraguay River to international trade after the
Paraguayan War (1865–70). Nearby are the buttes of Morro do Urucum,
which contain vast mineral deposits.
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