Tacuru
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| subdivision_name1 = Southeast
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = File:Bandeira de Mato Grosso do Sul.svg Mato Grosso do Sul
| subdivision_type3 = Mesoregion
| subdivision_name3 = Sudoeste de Mato Grosso do Sul
| subdivision_type4 = Microregion
| subdivision_name4 = Iguatemi
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| leader_party = PSDB
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Rogério Torquetti
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| population_as_of = 2020 [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ms/tacuru/panorama IBGE 2020]
| population_total = 11,674
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Tacuru is a city in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, located in the Midwest region of the country. The city is located on the border with Paraguay.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-31 |title=Adoptan el guaraní como lengua oficial - Internacionales - ABC Color |url=https://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/internacionales/adoptan-el-guarani-como-lengua-oficial-110367.html |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=ABC |language=es}} Tacuru, which uses Guarani as an official language alongside Portuguese, is noted as one of the few cities in Brazil that have adopted an indigenous language as an official language.
History
In 2010, the city adopted Guarani as its official language, along with Portuguese.{{Cite web |title=Cidade de Mato Grosso do Sul adota o guarani como segundo idioma oficial |trans-title=City in Mato Grosso do Sul adopts Guarani as second official language |url=http://noticias.r7.com/brasil/noticias/cidade-do-mato-grosso-do-sul-adota-o-guarani-como-idioma-oficial-20100531.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116131245/http://noticias.r7.com/brasil/noticias/cidade-do-mato-grosso-do-sul-adota-o-guarani-como-idioma-oficial-20100531.html |archive-date=16 January 2014 |website=R7 Notícias |lang=pt}} In doing so, it became the second city in the country, after São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, to adopt an indigenous language as an official language.
In 2013, Tacuru became the site of a large popular demonstration against proposed demarcations of Indigenous lands.{{Cite web |date=2013-04-10 |title=Grande manifestação contra demarcações em Tacuru |url=https://www.progresso.com.br/variedades/pets/grande-manifestacao-contra-demarcacoes-em-tacuru/92531/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Progresso |language=pt}}
Geography
Tacaru is located 427 km from the state capital (Campo Grande) and 1,442 km from the federal capital (Brasília).{{Cite web |title=Município / História |url=https://tacuru.ms.gov.br/pagina/11_Historia.html |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Prefeitura Municipal de Tacuru - MS}} The city is connected with Igautemi through the MS-295 regional highway.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-21 |title=Brasil lleva a cabo el mayor decomiso de marihuana en su historia |url=https://www.lostiempos.com/actualidad/mundo/20200521/brasil-lleva-cabo-mayor-decomiso-marihuana-su-historia |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Los Tiempos |language=es}}
= Jaguapiré indigenous territory =
The indigenous territory of Jaguapiré, which comprises 2,089 hectares, was first recognized by the federal government in 1992 as the territory for the Guarani-Kaiowá.{{Cite web |last=Araujo |first=Leitao |last2=Valeria |first2=Nascimento Ana |date=2010-03-17 |title=Indigenous Peoples in Brazil: The Guarani; a case for the UN {{!}} Cultural Survival |url=https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/indigenous-peoples-brazil-guarani-case-un |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=Cultural Survival |language=en}}
Demographics
= Race =
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!Race !Percentage !Population |
| Indigenous
|38.91% |4,205 |
| Pardo
|29.91% |3,233 |
| White
|27.73% |2,997 |
| Black
|3.7% |367 |
| Asian
|0.06% |6 |
= Religion =
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|+Religious demographics of Tacuru (2022){{Cite web |date=2025-06-06 |title=MAPA: Qual é a religião mais popular da sua cidade? |url=https://g1.globo.com/economia/censo/noticia/2025/06/06/mapa-censo-ibge-religiao.ghtml |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} !Race !Percentage |
| Roman Catholic
|55.9% |
| Evangelicalism
|30.39% |
| No religion
|11.38% |
| Other religion
|2.05% |
| Umbanda / Candomblé
|0.11% |
| Spiritism
|0.1% |
| Indigenous religions
|0.06% |
Politics and government
= Federal elections =
In the second round of the 2022 Brazilian general election, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received 64.06% of the vote versus incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro, who received 35.94%.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-31 |title=Eleições em Tacuru (MS): Veja como foi a votação no 2º turno |url=https://g1.globo.com/ms/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/2022/10/31/eleicoes-em-tacuru-ms-veja-como-foi-a-votacao-no-2o-turno.ghtml |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}
= Municipal government =
In the 2024 municipal elections, Rogério Torquetti (PSDB) was elected mayor.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=Eleições 2024: Rogério Torquetti, do PSDB, é eleito prefeito de Tacuru no 1º turno |url=https://g1.globo.com/ms/mato-grosso-do-sul/eleicoes/2024/noticia/2024/10/07/eleicoes-2024-rogerio-torquetti-do-psdb-e-eleito-prefeito-de-tacuru-no-1o-turno.ghtml |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}
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|+Parties of elected mayors since 2000 !Year of election !Party of elected mayor |
| {{Interlanguage link|Municipal elections in Brazil in 2000|lt=2000|pt|Eleições municipais no Brasil em 2000}}
|PT |
| {{Interlanguage link|Municipal elections in Brazil in 2004|lt=2004|pt|Eleições municipais no Brasil em 2004}}
|PV |
| 2008
|PR |
| 2012 |
| 2016
|PMDB |
| 2020 |
| 2024
|PSDB |