Mauá (IPA: [ma'wa]) is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. Is part of the metropolitan region of São Paulo. The population as of 2006 is 413,943 inhabitants (11th largest city in population number of the state), the density is 6,645.4/km² and the area is 62.6 km². 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's a municipality, it can also be translated as high city.
Population: 386,069
Latitude: -23° 40' 4.01" S
Longitude: -46° 27' 41.00" W
The Joelma Building is a 25-story building in São Paulo, Brazil, located at 225 Avenida 9 de Julho. At 8:50am on 1 February 1974, an air conditioning unit on the twelfth floor overheated, starting a fire. There were 756 people in the building at the…
The 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXXIV Grande Prêmio do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held on at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil on 25 September 2005. The race, contested over 71 laps, was the seventeenth round …
Rodovia dos Imigrantes (official designation SP‑160) is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The highway connects the city of São Paulo to the Atlantic coast and with the seaside cities of São Vicente and Praia Grande.
Isabella de Olivero Nardoni (18 April 2002 – 29 March 2008), a 5-year-old Brazilian girl, was murdered on the night of Saturday, 29 March 2008. It is alleged that Isabella was strangled and abused before her father, Alexandre Alves Nardoni threw her…
The Ibirapuera Auditorium (Portuguese: Auditório Ibirapuera) is a building conceived by Oscar Niemeyer for the presentation of musical spectacles, situated in Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo.
The term ABC Region is an industrial region in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.
Suzano is a city in São Paulo, Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population in 2004 was 272,452 and the area is 206 km².
Edifício São Vito, popularly known as Treme-Treme (literally "Shiver-Shiver"), was a 112-metre (367 ft), 27-storey former residential building, located in São Paulo, Brazil, finished in 1959. Throughout its existence, the building became deteriorate…
Mooca (Portuguese pronunciation: [muˈɔka]) from tupi mo-oka, meaning to build houses, is a district in the subprefecture of the same name in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Mooca today is home to over 75,000 inhabitants, spread in its 7.7 square kilo…
Ribeirão Pires is a city in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (state), which includes a group of municipalities known as the "Greater ABC Region". The estimated population in 2009 was 112 011 inhabitants and the area is 99 square kilometers, resu…
The School of Engineering of the University of São Paulo (Portuguese:Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo) (usually called POLI, POLI-USP or EPUSP) is an engineering school in the University of São Paulo (abbreviated USP) in São Paulo, Br…
Pátio do Colégio (in Portuguese School Yard, written in the archaic orthography Pateo do Collegio) is the name given to the historical Jesuit church and school in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The name is also used to refer to the square in front o…
Itaquaquecetuba is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with an estimated 2006 population of 352,755 (density 4,313.46/km²). It has an area of 82 km² and sits at an elevation of 790 m. The city's name derives from the Tupi language.
Ginásio G.J. de Almeida or Ginásio do Ibirapuera, officially named Ginásio Estadual Geraldo José de Almeida, is a volleyball indoor sporting arena located in São Paulo, Brazil. The seating capacity of the arena is 11,000 people and it was opened on …
The Estádio do Canindé, also known as Estádio Oswaldo Teixeira Duarte, is a football stadium inaugurated on January 11, 1956 in Canindé neighborhood, São Paulo, São Paulo state, with a maximum capacity of 21,004 spectators. Although the stadium maxi…
Daslu is an upmarket multi-brand boutique-department store in São Paulo, Brazil. The boutique is known as the "fashion designers mecca" of Brazil as it houses more than 60 labels plus 30 store-in-stores and is the place where Brazilian socialites, r…
Citibank Hall (originally Credicard Hall) is a music theater in the city of Sao Paulo, São Paulo. It opened in September 1999, with capacity for 7,744 people. Considered to be one of the largest entertainment venues in Brazil and one of the largest …
Praça da Sé (English: See Square) is a public space in São Paulo, Brazil. Considered as the city's central point, it is the point from where the distance of all roads passing through São Paulo are counted. The square was the location of many histori…