Federal Territory of Ponta Porã
| Território Federal de Ponta Porã | |||||||||
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| Federal territory of Brazil | |||||||||
| 1943-1946 | |||||||||
Federal Territory of Ponta Porã in 1943 | |||||||||
| Capital | Ponta Porã (September 1943–May 1944) Maracaju (June–December 1946) | ||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 21°53′50.64″S 55°59′52.64″W / 21.8974000°S 55.9979556°W | ||||||||
| • Type | Federal territory | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Dismembered from Mato Grosso | 13 September 1943 | ||||||||
• Dissolution of the territory | 18 September 1946 | ||||||||
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The Federal Territory of Ponta Porã (Portuguese: Território Federal de Ponta Porã) was composed of seven municipalities dismembered from the south of Mato Grosso: Bela Vista, Dourados, Maracaju, Miranda, Nioaque, Ponta Porã and Porto Murtinho. All of them were border areas and some of them comprised the extremity of Brazil's political-administrative possessions. The administrative unit was established in 1944 between the Paraná and Paraguay, rivers with important fluvial circulation in the southern region of Mato Grosso. Throughout its existence, the Federal Territory of Ponta Porã was administered by three governors: Colonel Ramiro Noronha, Major José Guiomard dos Santos and José Alves de Albuquerque.