Sinop

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Sinop is a city in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. The fourth-largest city in the state, its population in 2025 is estimated at 223,780 inhabitants, placing Sinop in 155th place in Brazil. It has an area of 3194.339 km². A Sivam radar has been installed for monitoring the Amazon Basin. Also Embrapa has a branch in Sinop, the only one in the state of Mato Grosso. It is known as the Capital of Nortão, a major city of northern Mato Grosso.

Sinop is located in the northwest of the Midwest region of Brazil, in the north of Mato Grosso, in the micro-region of Sinop. Located at latitude 11 º 50'53 " South and longitude 55 ° 38'57" West.

Geological formation: non-folded covers the Phanerozoic and Quaternary basin of the Upper Xingu

Relief and altitude: Residual Northern Plateau and Mato Grosso Plateau Parecis.

Altitude of 384 meters above the sea level.

Hydrography: Amazon Basin. Teles Pires River, a major tributary of the Rio Tapajos.

Climate and rainfall: equatorial, with about six months of drought and annual rainfall of 2,500 mm.

Average annual temperature of 24 °C (between 40 °C and the minimum below 20 °C).

Overview adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA. Photography via Wikimedia Commons.