Sao Paulo (Sao
Paulo,
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São Paulo ; Portuguese for
Saint Paul is the
capital of the state of São
Paulo in
southeastern Brazil. It is located at 23°32′36″S, 46°37′59″W, 400 km (250
miles) from
Rio de Janeiro, and 1,030 km (640 miles) from federal capital BrasÃ
lia.
The city has an
area of 1,523.0
square kilometres (588.0 sq. miles) [1] and a population of
just over 11 million [2] (2006 IBGE estimate), which makes it the largest and most populous city in the
Southern Hemisphere [2] and a
global city. Nineteen million
people live in the greater São Paulo metropolitan
Area as defined by the government (Região
Metropolitana) — making it
one of the five most populous in
the world. However, when the many adjacent metropolitan areas, such as Baixada Santista, São José dos
Campos,
Campinas,
Sorocaba,
etc. are included, such as in the
Extended Metropolitan Area (Complexo Metropolitano Estendido) São Paulo, there are nearly 29 million inhabitants, more than any other city in the world
except Tokyo with 35 million. (source: IBGE). The
region forms an even larger urban corridor or megalopolis with Rio de Janeiro and
Volta Redonda.rnrnThe state of São Paulo is also highly populated, however most metropolitan areas hug São Paulo with the exception of
Ribeirão Preto. The entire state has a population of over 40 million.
people from
The city are called paulistanos
; "São Paulo")
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