Indaiatuba is a municipality in the state of
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 ...
in
Brazil
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. It is part of the
Metropolitan Region of Campinas The Metropolitan Region of Campinas ( pt, Região Metropolitana de Campinas) is an administrative division of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It was created in 2000, and consists of the following municipalities:
*Americana
*Artur Nogueira
*Camp ...
.
Região Metropolitana de Campinas
/ref> The population is 256,223 (2020 est.) in an area of .[Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]
/ref> The elevation is . The city's name derives from the Tupi language
Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi (also spelled as Tupí) is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the aboriginal Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. It belongs to the ...
. It is an important city in one of Brazil's main industrial regions.
Based on the latest IFDM social index data, Indaiatuba ranks number one of the "Top 100 best cities to live in, in Brazil".
The Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro, surveyed data and compared information on education, health, income and employment (wage and average generation of formal jobs) of all municipalities in the country and, with this data they created the Firjan Development Index Municipal (IFDM), so it was possible to create the rank of the top 100 cities to live in Brazil.
Data was collected from the Ministries of Education, Health and Labour for all municipalities.
References
External links
Indaiatuba Official Page
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