Mooca (District of São Paulo) (São Paulo)

Brazil / Sao Paulo / Sao Caetano do Sul / São Paulo
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Mooca (pron. IPA: [mɔ'ka]) is the name of a borough of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The name comes from the Tupi language: "Mo-Oka", which means "houses being built".

Mooca was settled by immigrants from Italy in the early 20th century, mainly from Naples. Most of today's living inhabitants of Mooca are descended from Italian workers and other immigrants.

Mooca is one of the oldest boroughs in the city of São Paulo (which back then was known as São Paulo de Paranapanema, a jesuit mission founded in 1554). Mooca eventually became the first industrial area built in São Paulo. People who lived in Mooca in past times were factory workers. One of its oldest working-class sections is Vila Maria Zélia in the northern district of Belém. Many of these industrial installations eventually moved out of the city or closed down (even though a great number of them are still active) and, in many cases much of that industrial zoning became residential.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooca
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Coordinates:   23°33'46"S   46°35'52"W

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