Barão de Melgaço is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil.

[2][3][4][5] The municipality contains 43% of the 108,960 hectares (269,200 acres) Encontro das Águas State Park, created in 2004.

[6] The city is named for Augusto Leverger, Baron of Melgaço, a Brazilian Navy admiral during the Paraguayan War.

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