Mauá
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Coordinates: 23 ° 40 ′ S , 46 ° 28 ′ W Mauá on the map of Brazil
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 Location of the municipality of Mauá in the state of São Paulo
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Brazil | |
| State | São Paulo | |
| City foundation | January 1, 1954 | |
| Residents | 417.064 (IBGE / 2010) | |
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| surface | 62.293 km² | |
| Population density | 6,741.41 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 818 m | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
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Mauá is a city in the Brazilian state of São Paulo . In 2018, 468,148 people lived in Mauá on around 62.3 km². In terms of population, Mauá is one of the 50 largest cities in Brazil. The name of the place comes from the Tupí language .
A third of the urban area of Mauá is industrial land. Ten percent of the municipal area consist of a rural area and are part of the Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar .
The city is connected to the Capuava , Mauá and Estação Guapituba stations by CPTM line 10 .
Industrial importance
Today Mauá is known as the “capital of porcelain ” because this raw material played a major role in the development of the community. With two very large industrial parks ( Capuava and Sertãozinho ) and the largest Pólo Petroquímico of RECAP (Refinaria de Capuava), which belongs to Petrobras , Mauá is one of the largest industrial centers in the country.
Personalities
- Luiz Marcelo Morais dos Reis (* 1990), football player
Individual evidence
- ^ IBGE to Mauá. Retrieved June 2, 2019 .