Mau

Mauá ( ) is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. It is part of the metropolitan region of São Paulo. The population as of 2020 is 477,552 inhabitants (11th largest city in population number of the state), the density is and the area is . The density is in fact bigger, since one third of the city is occupied by industries and 10% is countryside or forest. Its name comes from the Tupi language and means the one that is high. As it is a municipality, it can also be translated as high city. However, back when the city was a small village, its name was Pilar, then the name was changed in 1934 into Mauá as a homage to Visconde de Mauá, entrepreneur which built the Santos–Jundiaí railway that passes through the city. Mauá has the 23rd largest GDP of São Paulo state. It is the birthplace of Brazilian tableware industry.

MAU may refer to:

Computing

Media access unit (or multistation access unit), A Token Ring network interconnect device Medium Attachment Unit, an Ethernet network transceiver Monthly active users, a software performance metric

Places

Mauritania, UNDP country code Mauritius, ITU country code MAU, National Rail code for Mauldeth Road railway station in Manchester, UK

Organizations

Marathwada Agricultural University, now Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, an agriculture university in Parbhani, India Mekdela Amba University, in Ethiopia Mizhnarodni Avialiniyi Ukrayiny (Ukraine International Airlines) Musashino Art University, a university in Japan Mount Allison University, a university in New Brunswick, Canada

Other uses

mAU (milli-absorbance unit), used to measure absorbance Marine amphibious unit, now Marine expeditionary unit, the smallest air-ground task force in the United States Fleet Marine Force Makeup air unit, a type of air handler that only conditions outside (not recirculated) air Medical Assessment Unit, a short-stay hospital department in some countries Monthly active users, a performance metric for the success of an internet product

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