Nova Mutum

Nova Mutum
Municipality
Nickname: 
Mutum
Nova Mutum
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 13°49′19″S 56°04′58″W / 13.82194°S 56.08278°W / -13.82194; -56.08278
Country Brazil
RegionCenter-West
StateMato Grosso
MesoregionNorte Mato-Grossense
Founded1981
Government
  MayorAdriano Pivetta
Population
 (2020 )
  Total
46,813
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Nova Mutum is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Located 242 kilometers (150 miles) north of Cuiabá, the state capital, it belongs to the Alto Teles Pires microregion and Norte Mato-Grossense mesoregion. In 2022, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics estimated its population to be 55,832 people.

The city has the 3rd best Human Development Index (HDI) of the state, and the 8th largest economy of the state, with a GDP of R$2167526.000000, 332nd of Brazil. Much of its economy is focused on agriculture; the municipality is the second-largest state grain producer and one of the largest in Brazil, with an area of 410,000 hectares (1,000,000 acres) of planted soybeans, the 3rd-largest exporter in Mato Grosso and 53rd of Brazil.