Dourados

 village, district

Dourados is a Brazilian city, situated in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 225 km (140 mi) Southwest of Campo Grande (the state's capital). It has a population of approximately 190,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly in agriculture and pecuary. Doruados is also the second more populous and important city of this state.

Its medias, commerce, and services more than take care of the thirty cities of Mato Grosso do Sul, including a part of Paraguay. For its size and importance, it is an economic and social capital of a region that possesses approximately a million inhabitants (Vestibule of the Mercosul - the Common Market of the South).

Dourados has 4 universities, and more than 200 schools, and is considered an education pole of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.