Maringá is elected the best among the great cities of Brazil!

In a comparison of 100 Brazilian municipalities with more than 266 thousand inhabitants, Maringá was elected the best city in the country: come and find out why!

1. The study carried out by Macroplan took into account four areas: education and culture, health, safety, basic sanitation and sustainability.

2. In the health area, for example, Maringá was in the 5th position among the 100, with an index of 0.686. This, according to Macroplan analysis, means that the city has high coverage of basic care, low infant mortality rate and high proportion of babies born alive.

3. According to Ana Eloiza, who has three children under 12 years of age, the mothers who live in Querência do Norte (another Paraná city) usually repeat the same itinerary when they need quality medical care. "Maringá is our reference for good treatment," says the nurse.

4. Maringá has 130 thousand trees, 105 squares and 11 forest reserves. On average there are 25m² of green area per inhabitant.

5. Among the tourist references, the municipality houses the second highest monument in South America: the Cathedral Basilica Minor of Our Lady of Glory (124 meters high).

6. Maringá is elected the best in Brazil for urban planning.

Maringá, also known as the "Green City", is a municipality that boasts some aspects of urban planning, such as being one of the world's most forested cities, for having environmental preservation spaces (Ingá Park, Grevílheas Park and Bosque dos Pioneiros) and for having previously designed neighborhoods, guaranteeing the inhabitants mobility, through its wide streets and avenues, and easy access to the commercial center.

7. Maringá is the best of Paraná to raise children!

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