at a glance

The sheer size and spread of its residential areas caused Campo Grande to be split into several unofficial neighborhoods in order to facilitate administrative and geographic organization of transportation.

Rio da Prata is one of such smaller residential areas, named after a local river of the same name, which translates as 'Silver River'. At one time, this body of water was used to delimit the area known in colonial times as 'Campo Grande', which led all the way to the Mendanha region.

The region played a significant role in farming, cultivating a diverse range of produce at different times; in the 18th Century is was home to one of the largest coffee farms. Electric trams arrived in the early 20th century and were a very important means of transportation until the 1960s, at which time they were deactivated.