{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Tacuru | native_name = {{native name|gn|Takuru|italics=no}} | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag_of_Tacuru.svg | pushpin_map = Brazil | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|23|37|58|S|55|00|57|W|display=inline}} | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Southeast | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = border|22px Mato Grosso do Sul | subdivision_type3 = Mesoregion | subdivision_name3 = Sudoeste de Mato Grosso do Sul | subdivision_type4 = Microregion | subdivision_name4 = Iguatemi | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = | subdivision_type6 = | subdivision_name6 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_party = PSDB | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Rogério Torquetti | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = | population_as_of = 2020<ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ms/tacuru/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref> | population_total = 11,674 | population_density_km2 = | blank_name = | blank_info = | footnotes = | website = }} '''Tacuru''' (Guarani: ''Takuru'') 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.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> Tacuru, which uses Guarani as an official language alongside Portuguese, is 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.<ref>{{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 |language=pt}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" />

In 2013, Tacuru became the site of a large popular demonstration against proposed demarcations of Indigenous lands.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Geography == Tacaru is located 427&nbsp;km from the state capital (Campo Grande) and 1,442&nbsp;km from the federal capital (Brasília).<ref>{{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}}</ref> The city is connected with Igautemi through the MS-295 regional highway.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

=== 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Demographics ==

=== Race === {| class="wikitable" |+'''Racial demographics of Tacuru (2022)'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-22 |title=Censo 2022: veja quais são os municípios mais amarelos, brancos, indígenas, pardos e pretos do Brasil |url=https://g1.globo.com/economia/censo/noticia/2023/12/22/censo-2022-veja-quais-sao-os-municipios-mais-amarelos-brancos-indigenas-pardos-e-pretos-do-brasil.ghtml |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}</ref> !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 === {| class="wikitable" |+'''Religious demographics of Tacuru (2022)'''<ref>{{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}}</ref> !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%.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

=== Municipal government === In the 2024 municipal elections, Rogério Torquetti (PSDB) was elected mayor.<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+Parties of elected mayors since 2000<ref name=":1" /> !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 |Democrats |- |2016 |PMDB |- |2020 |Patriota |- |2024 |PSDB |}

==See also== *List of municipalities in Mato Grosso do Sul

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