Diadema (, uncommonly , ''

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'') is a

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São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

state,

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. Belonging to the ABCD Region of

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, it is distant from São Paulo's central point. Initially part of

São Bernardo do Campo São Bernardo do Campo () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 844,483 (2020 est.) in an area of . History The city was founded b ...

, Diadema became a city of its own in 1959. The population is 426,757 (2020 est.) in an area of .Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
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HDI The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, wh ...

is 0.790. Although located in the heart of a traditionally industrial region, its main source of income is the

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, featuring 77 healthcare installations. Diadema is home to a

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, a

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, an

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and an

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History

Since its beginning, Diadema occupation process had one fundamental factor: its geographical location between the coast - Vila de São Vicente - and the plateau - Vila de São Paulo de Piratininga (São Paulo city early name). It was the existence of a connecting road between

and Santo Amaro that provided ways for the early inhabitants to arrive to the neighborhoods in the early 18th century. The avenues that are now known as Antonio Piranga and Piraporinha were originated from this early roads. Until the 1940s, Diadema was constituted by four neighborhoods belonging to

: Piraporinha, Eldorado, Taboão e Vila Conceição. Dispersed, they were only connected through roads of difficult passage and each neighborhood had its own life. Piraporinha near São Bernardo; Taboão, also connected to São Bernardo do Campo due to the proximity and to

through Água Funda Avenue. Eldorado, a neighborhood that had unique characteristics, because of the

Billings Reservoir __NOTOC__ The Billings Reservoir (locally known as Represa Billings) is the largest reservoir in São Paulo, Brazil, covering a total of 127 km2. It is named after Asa White Kenney Billings, the American hydroelectric engineer who was instru ...

, had a greater proximity to São Paulo, to the Santo Amaro region and finally Vila Conceição formed by the farms that once belonged to the Vila Conceição Company.

Education

The municipality has several higher education facilities: a campus of the

Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira The Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (INEP) is an agency connected to the Brazilian Ministry of Education in charge of evaluating educational systems and the quality of education in Brazil. See also * Univers ...

, a branch of the

São Paulo State Technological College SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U. ...

, and a Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial regional department. The campus of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, founded in 2007, provides degrees in chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmacy, and biology. Since 2009 an industrial chemistry degree was added and in 2010 a further two courses; in environmental sciences and a science licentiate degree (a combination of physics, mathematics, biology and chemistry).

Sport

EC Água Santa is the local

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Notable people

Fernando Ramos da Silva Fernando Ramos da Silva (29 November 1967 – 25 August 1987) was a Brazilian actor who became renowned for his role as "Pixote," the 10-year-old title character in Hector Babenco's 1981 film '' Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco'', a documentary-sty ...

(1967–1987), child actor who was killed by police. *

David Luiz David Luiz Moreira Marinho (born 22 April 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Flamengo. Primarily a centre back, he can also be deployed as a defensive midfielder. After starting out at Vitoria, David Luiz moved to Ben ...

(1987-), professional footballer who plays for

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. He also played for

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for 7 years, as well as spells with PSG, and Benfica. He is a former

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. *

Denílson de Oliveira Araújo Denílson is a Portuguese given name. Among people with this name are: Football *Denílson (footballer, born 1943), Denílson Custódio Machado, attacking midfielder *Denilson (footballer, born 1972), Denilson Antonio Paludo, midfielder *Denílson ...

(1977-), retired footballer who played as a left winger.

References

External links

*
Diadema Official Site

Santos FC
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