Tatuapé (, from
Tupi Guarani Tupi may refer to:
* Tupi people of Brazil
* Tupi or Tupian languages, spoken in South America
** Tupi language, an extinct Tupian language spoken by the Tupi people
* Tupi oil field off the coast of Brazil
* Tupi Paulista, a Brazilian municipalit ...
"path of the
armadillo
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", or "short way") is a district in the
subprefecture of Mooca
The Subprefecture of Mooca is one of 32 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It comprises six districts: Brás (district of São Paulo), Brás, Mooca (district of São Paulo), Mooca, Belém (district of São Paulo), Belém, Pari (d ...
, in
São Paulo,
Brazil. It is divided by a
railway and the eight lane Radial Leste highway cutting the district into two, northern and southern, parts.
It's home to Platina 220, the tallest building of São Paulo, scheduled to be fully operational in 2022.
Southern Tatuapé is the most developed side, and it was one of the first regions in
Brazil where
viticulture was established. Vines were first planted on these north-facing slopes in 1550 and production was widespread by the end of the 19th century, with the establishment of farms owned by Italian families arriving in the district.
In the mid 20th century the district became heavily industrialized and polluted but the closure of clothing and ceramics factories in the 1980s left brownfield sites used for developing luxury apartment buildings.
Gentrification has brought high ''per capita'' incomes. Residents of the district have a life expectancy of 80 years, the highest within the entire city, and the
Human Development Index of 0.936.
Many of the inhabitants of the district have
Italian,
Spanish,
Portuguese ancestry as well as a number with
Japan
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ese and
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
heritage. This southern part of Tatuapé is a middle-to-upper class area of São Paulo regarded as a home for the "new rich" paulistanos. It has also two
shopping malls, including the first in São Paulo directly connected to a
metro
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Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
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station. It also has two international standard hotels (Meliá Tryp and Blue Tree), because the district is placed between the city center and
Guarulhos International Airport. In 2007, the city government took over the
Analia Franco Park on the southern edge of the district, which boasts extensive sporting facilities and the largest swimming pool in
Latin America with a capacity of 5.5 million litres of water.
http://www.guiatatuape.com.br/tatuape/parque-pet.php
(Portuguese)
The northern part of Tatuapé - ''Parque São Jorge'' - is an area of mixed light industry and middle class housing and was overtaken economically in the 1990s by the building boom in the southern part. ''Parque São Jorge'' is the home of Corinthians, one of the most popular Brazilian football teams. Nearby, next to the River Tietê, Piqueri Park is a green oasis of 10 hectares and one of the few large park
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s in the city.
References
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Districts of São Paulo