Nobres
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| official_name = Nobres
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| settlement_type = Municipality
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| map_caption = Location in Mato Grosso state
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Brazil
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Central-West
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Mato Grosso
| subdivision_type3 = Mesoregion
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| subdivision_type5 = Metrop. region
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| leader_party = PSDB
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Leocir Hanel{{Cite web | url=http://www.nobres.mt.gov.br/Prefeitura/Prefeito/ | title=Prefeitura Municipal de Nobres }}
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| population_total = 15,334
| population_as_of = 2020 [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/mt/nobres/panorama IBGE 2020]
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| website = [http://www.nobres.mt.gov.br/ Official Website]
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Nobres is a city in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It is located approximately 140 kilometers from Cuiabá on the south slopes of the Serra Azul.
Tourists are encouraged to visit the region for its beautiful waterways and limestone caves.[http://ecopantanal.com.br/Chapada-dos-Guimaraes/Chapada-dos-Guimaraes-chapada-pantanal-639.html Nobres Chapada Explorer]
The municipality contains the {{convert|12513|ha}} Gruta da Lagoa Azul State Park (Cave of the Blue Lagoon State Park), created in 1999.{{citation|ref={{harvid|PES Gruta da Lagoa Azul – ISA}}|language=pt |title=PES Gruta da Lagoa Azul|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental|url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/2731|access-date=2016-08-02}} The rock deposits in the area have also been used to study post-glacial carbonates.[http://www.vssagi.com/igcp478/AbstractsVSSAGI/307.pdf Chemostratigraphy of Ediacaran Post-Glacial Carbonates Figueiredo M.F. et al.] The municipality contains most of the {{convert|11328|ha}} Águas do Cuiabá Ecological Station, a fully protected conservation unit in the cerrado biome.{{citation|language=pt |title=ESEC Águas do Cuiabá|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/37|access-date=2016-05-24}}
In 2016, its population was estimated at 14.938 people.{{Cite web|url=http://cidades.ibge.gov.br/xtras/perfil.php?lang=&codmun=510590&search=||infogr%E1ficos:-informa%E7%F5es-completas|title=IBGE {{!}} Cidades {{!}} Mato Grosso {{!}} Nobres {{!}} Estimativa da População 2016|website=cidades.ibge.gov.br|access-date=2017-06-29}} The two major religious faiths are Roman Catholic and Protestant.[http://www.collinsmaps.com/maps/Brazil/Mato-Grosso/Nobres/P663529.00.aspx Collins Maps information page]
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{{Municipalities of Mato Grosso}}
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