Moema is a district in the south region of the city of São Paulo.

Moema
district of São Paulo
Location of Moema in São Paulo
Country	Brazil
State	São Paulo
City	São Paulo
Population  (2004)
• Total	69,000
HDI	0.961 - very high
Website	Subprefecture of Moema

Toponym

The toponym "Moema" is a reference to the character, possibly fictional, of the poem Caramuru, by Santa Rita Durão, classic of the Brazilian arcade literature written in 1781.[1] The character's name, in turn, corresponds to the Old Tupi language mo'ema, which means "lie" (in the poem, Moema was the lover rejected by the main character, Diogo Álvares, thus representing false love, as opposed to true love, represented by Diogo's wife, Catarina Paraguaçu).[2]

History

Bordering districts

Nearby Districts

Characteristics

See also

References

External links

• Site Oficial da Subprefeitura da Vila Mariana
• A cada assassinato em Moema, 130 são mortos no Grajaú
• Em Paraisópolis, menos de 1% dos jovens estão na universidade

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