Maringá

About Maringá

Maringá is a municipality in southern Brazil founded on 10 May 1947 as a planned urban area. It is the third largest city in the state of Paraná, with 429,660 inhabitants in the city proper (IBGE 2025). Located in northwestern Paraná, and crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn, it is a regional centre for commerce, services, agro-industries, and universities, including the State University of Maringá.

Maringá takes its name from a song by Joubert de Carvalho, written about a woman named Maria do Ingá, a name later shortened to Maringá. When the settlement was established, the song was highly popular among the pioneers and planners, who adopted its title for the new city. As a result, Maringá became known as the "Cidade Canção", which translates to something along the lines of "Song City".

In 1925, the Northern Paraná Land Company was established in London, England and was responsible for the management of more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km2) in the northern part of the State, which today contains some of the largest cities in Paraná.

The region's fertile land encouraged São Paulo colonists to move...

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