Patrícia Ferreira (filmmaker)
Patrícia "Chuca" de Oliveira Ferreira (born March 21, 1979 in Mauá) is a Brazilian basketball player. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Brazil women's national basketball team Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area an ... in the women's event. She is tall. References 1979 births Living people People from Mauá Brazilian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Brazil Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) {{Brazil-basketball-bio-stub ...
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Mauá
Mauá () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. 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's 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. Is the birthplace of Brazilian tableware industry. Economy Although there are various types of economic activity in the city (logistics, metallurgy, chemical and electrical materials, and pe ...
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