located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity serra da bodoquena national park
Serra da Bodoquena National Park is a national park ___MASK56___ ___MASK2___ . ___MASK100___ is one of the Central - Western states of Brazil . Its total area of 357 , 125 square kilometers , or 137 , 891 square miles , is roughly the same size as Germany . Bodoquena is a municipality located in the Brazilian state ___MASK56___ ___MASK100___ . Its population was 8 , 168 ( 2007 ) and its area is 2 , 507 km² . A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers ___MASK56___ self - government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws , to which it is subordinate . It is to be distinguished from the county , which may encompass rural territory and / or numerous small communities such as towns , villages and hamlets . The term " municipality " may also mean the governing or ruling body ___MASK56___ a given municipality . A municipality is a general - purpose administrative subdivision , as opposed to a special - purpose district . The term is derived from French " municipalité " and Latin " municipalis ".