Maringá (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐɾĩˈɡa]) is a municipality in southern Brazil founded on 10 May 1947 as a planned urban area.

The company, worried about deforestation proceeding from the occupation foreseen in the urbanistics projects, reserved three great ecological areas within the urban limits: the Forest Horto, the Park of the Ingá and Forest II and the city was planned as a "garden city" from the beginning.

[5] Distribution of the population living in Maringá according to race or skin color: Source: Census 2012 Roman Catholicism is the single largest religious denomination in the city; other major denominations include the various branches of Protestantism, and also Islam, Buddhism, Shinto, Spiritism, among others.

Throughout the year it is possible to observe its tree-lined streets that produce a good air to breathe, but especially in the passage from winter to spring, many trees explode in flowers.

Even with the normal problems of urban centers, Maringá preserves its reputation as a green city, ecologically well cared for.

Farming is diversified, and besides coffee, today are produced corn, wheat, cotton, ramie, beans, peanuts, rice, sugar cane, and especially soybeans.

Maringá is the fashion hub in the south of Brazil, with the largest wholesale mall in Latin America, the Mercosul.

Recently, Maringá also has been highlighted in the software market, with a consolidated APL (Local Productive Arrangements).

The commercial vocation of Maringá can be proven by dynamism and variety of items offered by companies from the sectors of food products, pharmaceuticals, clothing, appliances, fittings, bookstores, restaurants, snack bars.

The companies act in at least seven segments of the wholesale market: food, dry goods and offal, paper, glass, textiles, wood, auto parts and appliances.

Established and maintained by public and private initiatives related to tourism and events industry, it is responsible for planned development of the same, including the city effectively in the national and international tourist circuits.

Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport has scheduled air connections to major centers in Brazil.