Sao_Paulo_Metropolitan_Area

Greater São Paulo

Greater São Paulo

Place in Brazil


Greater São Paulo (Portuguese: Grande São Paulo) is a nonspecific term for one of the multiple definitions of the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil.

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Definitions

Metropolitan Area

A legally defined specific term, Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP), one definition for Metropolitan São Paulo, consists of 39 municipalities, including the state capital, São Paulo.[2]

The RMSP of São Paulo is known as a financial and economic centre of Brazil, with a total population of 20,743,587 inhabitants (2022 census[3]). The largest municipalities are São Paulo, with a population of 11,451,245, Guarulhos with a population of 1,291,784 people, plus several municipalities with more than 500,000 inhabitants, such as São Bernardo do Campo (810,729 inh.) and Santo André (748,919 inh.) in the ABC Region. The ABC Region (from Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul) in the south of Grande São Paulo is an important location for industrial corporations, such as Volkswagen and Ford. It represents the "core" cities of the greater region.

Extended Metropolitan Area

The extended metropolitan area of São Paulo (Complexo Metropolitano Estendido de São Paulo) is an agglomeration of five contiguous metropolitan areas that have grown into one another and three microregions, dominated by São Paulo. It has more than 33 million inhabitants, which is 75% of the population of the entire state of São Paulo, and consists of the contiguous entities:

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RMSP statistics

Greater São Paulo seen at night from the International Space Station
  • Territorial area: 7,947 km2[1]
  • Urban area: 2,139 km2
  • Population: 23,455,256[6]
  • GDP: R$ 1,140 trillion[1]
  • Latitude: 23 533S
  • Longitude: 46 617W

Municipalities in RMSP

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Transport

Being the most industrialized region of the country as well as the most populated, the transportation plays an important role. The main highways (rodovias) of the area are:

The São Paulo Metro and the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos provide rail-based transit within the metropolitan area.


Notes and references

  1. S.A, Empresa Paulista de Planejamento Metropolitano. "Região Metropolitana de São Paulo". EMPLASA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  2. "IBGE divulga as estimativas populacionais dos municípios em 2016". Câmara de Gestão Pública – CGP (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-08-30. Archived from the original on 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  3. "Cidades | IBGE". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  4. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002–2005" (PDF). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 19 December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2008.

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