Coordinates: 23°31′43″S 46°20′42″W / 23.52861°S 46.345°W / -23.52861; -46.345

Poá is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The water extracted from Fonte Áurea, or the Source of Gold, is sold throughout Brazil. In 2010, the population of 112.558 and the density and area of 6577.83 and was 17 km².

Poá is one of eleven counties considered spa towns by the state of São Paulo, by fulfilling certain prerequisites set by state law. This status ensures that these municipalities more money from the state to promote regional tourism and beyond that the city acquired the right to add your name next to the title office hidromineral, term by which is designated by both the municipal expedient as the official state references. The key sector of Poá is the service since the installation of polluting industries has been banned since 1970, the year he became hidromineral ranch.Territory, is one of the smallest municipalities in the state of São Paulo (higher only than Aguas de Sao Pedro and Sao Caetano do Sul). The vertical center of the city is discouraged in order to preserve the small-town atmosphere that the city has, with narrow streets and the preservation of several old buildings.The council is not the richest in the region, but still outperforms its neighbors in several social indicators, thus signaling that the economic growth of Poá is more equal and sustainable than in other cities, and that its population has better quality of life, if worth of public facilities (schools, parks and health units) and the potential for better fuel consumption and uniform. In indexes like the Human Development Index (HDI), the child development index (RDI) and the index of development of basic education (IDEB), Poá surpasses all municipalities. In 2007 he was considered one of the safest cities of São Paulo, specifically the 5th, behind only São Caetano do Sul, Barueri, Caieiras and Mogi das Cruzes.