Dourados

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FieldValue
nameDourados
settlement_typeMunicipality
official_nameMunicipality of Dourados
nicknamesModel City
Mercosul Portal
mottoTerra de Antônio João
image_skylineDourados - Parque dos Ipês.jpg
image_flagBandeira de Dourados (MS).svg
image_sealBrasaoDourados.png
image_mapMatoGrossodoSul Municip Dourados.svg
map_captionLocation in Mato Grosso do Sul
pushpin_mapBrazil
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_type2State
subdivision_nameBrazil
subdivision_name2Mato Grosso do Sul
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameAlan Guedes
leader_partyDEM
established_titleFounded
established_date1935
area_total_km24086.4
area_total_sq_mi1578.4
area_land_km24086.4
area_land_sq_mi1578.4
area_urban_km2205.990
population_as_of2025
population_total264,017
population_density_km2auto
timezoneAMT
utc_offset−4
coordinates
elevation_m430
blank_nameHDI (2010)
blank_info0.747 – high{{Cite web
website
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| name = Dourados | settlement_type = Municipality | official_name = Municipality of Dourados | nicknames = Model City Mercosul Portal | motto = Terra de Antônio João | image_skyline = Dourados - Parque dos Ipês.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = Bandeira de Dourados (MS).svg | image_seal = BrasaoDourados.png | image_map = MatoGrossodoSul Municip Dourados.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in Mato Grosso do Sul | pushpin_map = Brazil | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name = Brazil | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_name2 = Mato Grosso do Sul | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Alan Guedes | leader_party = DEM | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1935 | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 4086.4 | area_total_sq_mi = 1578.4 | area_land_km2 = 4086.4 | area_land_sq_mi = 1578.4 | area_urban_km2 = 205.990 | population_as_of = 2025 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 264,017 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = AMT | utc_offset = −4 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = | elevation_m = 430 | elevation_ft = | blank_name = HDI (2010) | blank_info = 0.747 – high{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |access-date=August 1, 2013 |publisher=United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | website = | footnotes = Dourados is a city and municipality, situated in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 225 km Southwest of Campo Grande (the state's capital). It has a population of about 264,017 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly in arable agriculture (particularly Soya, Maize and Sugar Cane) and in cattle ranching. Dourados is also the second most populous and important city of this state.

Its media, commerce, and services more than take care of the thirty cities of Mato Grosso do Sul, including a part of Paraguay. For its size and importance, it is an economic and social capital of a region that possesses approximately a million inhabitants (Vestibule of the Mercosul – the Common Market of the South).

Its development was slow until the first half of the 20th century, because of transportation limitations (highways and roads), especially with Campo Grande and the State of São Paulo. From 1950, it increased its development with the construction of roads. With this, it received migrants from other parts of the country (especially Sulistas and São Paulo) and immigrants (mainly Japanese). The city has a close relationship with Paraguay its next door neighbor, which is 120 km away. This is a strong factor in the ethnic and cultural union between the city and the neighboring country. This explains why 30% of the inhabitants of Dourados have some Paraguayan family link.

Commerce and entertainment

Dourados has a modern shopping mall with 191 stores and 500 parking spaces. This city also offers to its citizens recreational parks and squares.

Dourados is well-served with many other shops, including those selling top Brazilian jeanswear brands such as Forum, Triton and Ellus and the middle-market clothes and homewares store Riachuelo.

There are nightclubs and many restaurants in the city centre which offer a broad range of cuisines including a number of Churrascarias (Churrasco is most commonly beef but also lamb and pork carved at the table from joints on skewers) as well as Pizza parlours and numerous places catering to the substantial Japanese community.

On Saturday night and Sunday morning there is a large open-air market (Feira) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Dourados_Market.jpg offering locally produced fruits and vegetables.

At the Feira there are restaurants providing Brazilian and Japanese food as well as stalls selling popular local delicacies such as sugarcane juice (Caldo de Cana), Doce de Leite (a type of caramel made from milk and sugar and cooked until it is either a thick syrup or it can be formed into fudge-like pieces) and cocada (coconut and condensed milk cooked until either sticky or hard).

Many locals make regular trips to the Paraguayan border town of Ponta Porã/Pedro Juan Caballero where they are able to buy relatively low-cost low-duty imported items such as electronic goods, perfumes and designer clothing.

Education

Dourados has five universities, and more than 200 schools, and is considered an education pole of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

Sports

Clube Recreativo Desportivo 7 de Setembro and Ubiratan Esporte Clube are two football clubs based in the city. Both clubs play at Estadio Fredis Saldivar. Another stadium located in the city is named Estádio Napoleão de Souza.

Transportation

Dourados is served by Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport located 14 km from downtown Dourados.

Demography

People

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Growth of people in Dourados194019501960197019801991199620002005201020142020
14.985
22.834
84.955
79.186
106.483
135.984
153.191
164.700
183.096
196.068
210.218
225.495
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Notable people

Sister cities

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Dourados (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1971–1984, 1993–present) |Jan record high C = 37.2 |Feb record high C = 37.3 |Mar record high C = 37.1 |Apr record high C = 35.3 |May record high C = 34.0 |Jun record high C = 32.8 |Jul record high C = 34.3 |Aug record high C = 38.0 |Sep record high C = 41.2 |Oct record high C = 40.3 |Nov record high C = 38.7 |Dec record high C = 37.4 |Jan record low C = 12.1 |Feb record low C = 12.5 |Mar record low C = 8.0 |Apr record low C = 4.6 |May record low C = 3.3 |Jun record low C = 0.6 |Jul record low C = -1.7 |Aug record low C = -0.8 |Sep record low C = 0.2 |Oct record low C = 6.0 |Nov record low C = 10.5 |Dec record low C = 11.0 |Jan high C = 31.8 |Feb high C = 31.4 |Mar high C = 30.9 |Apr high C = 29.1 |May high C = 26.5 |Jun high C = 24.1 |Jul high C = 26.3 |Aug high C = 28.0 |Sep high C = 29.0 |Oct high C = 30.3 |Nov high C = 31.1 |Dec high C = 30.9 | year high C = 29.1 |Jan mean C = 25.4 |Feb mean C = 24.9 |Mar mean C = 24.4 |Apr mean C = 22.3 |May mean C = 19.9 |Jun mean C = 17.6 |Jul mean C = 18.5 |Aug mean C = 20.0 |Sep mean C = 21.6 |Oct mean C = 23.7 |Nov mean C = 24.6 |Dec mean C = 24.9 | year mean C = 22.3 |Jan low C = 21.3 |Feb low C = 21.0 |Mar low C = 20.1 |Apr low C = 17.6 |May low C = 15.3 |Jun low C = 13.0 |Jul low C = 12.9 |Aug low C = 14.1 |Sep low C = 16.2 |Oct low C = 18.7 |Nov low C = 19.7 |Dec low C = 20.3 | year low C = 17.5 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 168.1 |Feb precipitation mm = 130.8 |Mar precipitation mm = 145.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 106.0 |May precipitation mm = 92.1 |Jun precipitation mm = 99.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 40.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 45.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 113.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 153.2 |Nov precipitation mm = 143.2 |Dec precipitation mm = 205.7 |year precipitation mm = 1441.8 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 12 | Feb precipitation days = 12 | Mar precipitation days = 10 | Apr precipitation days = 7 | May precipitation days = 7 | Jun precipitation days = 7 | Jul precipitation days = 3 | Aug precipitation days = 3 | Sep precipitation days = 6 | Oct precipitation days = 11 | Nov precipitation days = 10 | Dec precipitation days = 11 | year precipitation days = | Jan humidity = 80.9 | Feb humidity = 82.9 | Mar humidity = 80.3 | Apr humidity = 77.6 | May humidity = 78.1 | Jun humidity = 79.0 | Jul humidity = 70.3 | Aug humidity = 66.0 | Sep humidity = 68.6 | Oct humidity = 73.9 | Nov humidity = 75.4 | Dec humidity = 79.0 | year humidity = 76.0 |Jan sun = 220.9 |Feb sun = 184.1 |Mar sun = 211.9 |Apr sun = 222.3 |May sun = 199.8 |Jun sun = 174.8 |Jul sun = 228.4 |Aug sun = 191.7 |Sep sun = 170.4 |Oct sun = 201.7 |Nov sun = 217.7 |Dec sun = 219.0 |year sun = 2442.7 |source 1 = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia{{cite web | url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas | title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010 | publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia | language = Portuguese | accessdate = 21 May 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://tempo.inmet.gov.br/TabelaEstacoes/A721 | title=Station: DOURADOS (A721) | publisher=INMET | access-date=14 July 2025}}

References

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