Mauá
Sign in to saveMauá () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. It is part of the metropolitan region of São Paulo. The population as of 2020 is 477,552 inhabitants (11th largest city in population number of the state), the density is and the area is . The density is in fact bigger, since one third of the city is occupied by industries and 10% is countryside or forest. Its name comes from the Tupi language and means the one that is high. As it is a municipality, it can also be translated as high city. However, back when the city was a small village, its name was Pilar, then the name was change
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- From above, clockwise: Santa Luzia Cave Ecological Park; partial view of the city center from the Matriz neighborhood; Baron of Mauá Museum; Guapituba Ecological Park Alfredo Klinkert Junior; Anselmo Haraldt Walendy Municipal Theater and Church of the Immaculate Conception of Mauá in the Matrix.
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- Capital da Porcelana (The capital of porcelain)
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- "Capital da Louça e da cerâmica" ("Capital of Crockery and Pottery")
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- Location of Mauá
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- Brazil
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- Location in Brazil
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- Region
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- State
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- Southeast
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- Mayor
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- Francisco Marcelo Oliveira (PT)
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- Founded
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Mauá () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. It is part of the metropolitan region of São Paulo. The population as of 2020 is 477,552 inhabitants (11th largest city in population number of the state), the density is and the area is . The density is in fact bigger, since one third of the city is occupied by industries and 10% is countryside or forest. Its name comes from the Tupi language and means the one that is high. As it is a municipality, it can also be translated as high city. However, back when the city was a small village, its name was Pilar, then the name was changed in 1934 into Mauá as a homage to Visconde de Mauá, entrepreneur which built the Santos–Jundiaí railway that passes through the city.
Mauá has the 23rd largest GDP of São Paulo state.