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São Paulo. São Paulo (shqiptimi portugalisht : sɐ̃w ˈpawlu) apo Sao Paulo [1] (« Shën-Pali » shqip) është një qytet në jug-lindje të Brazilit. Me njëmbedhjetë milionë banoret e tij në vitin 2014 [2], është qyteti më i madh i shtetit dhe i dyti i Amerikës latine [3]. Është gjithashtu qyteti që numëron më së shumti ...
São Paulo (pronúncia em português: [sɐ̃w̃ ˈpawlu] ouça) é uma das 27 unidades federativas do Brasil.Está situado na Região Sudeste e tem por limites os estados de Minas Gerais a norte e nordeste, Paraná a sul, Rio de Janeiro a leste e Mato Grosso do Sul a oeste, além do Oceano Atlântico a sudeste. É dividido em 645 municípios e sua área total é de 248 219,481 km², o que ...
São Paulo (state) / 23.533°S 46.633°W / -23.533; -46.633. São Paulo ( / ˌsaʊ ˈpaʊloʊ /; Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ⓘ) is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast Region and is limited by the states of Minas Gerais to the ...
São Paulo is the capital of the most populous state in Brazil, São Paulo, located at latitude 23°33'01'' south and longitude 46°38'02'' west. The total area of the municipality is 1,521.11 square kilometres (587.30 sq mi), according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), being the ninth largest in the state in terms ...
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São Paulo, estado (state) of southeastern Brazil, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast and bounded by the states of Minas Gerais (northeast), Rio de Janeiro (east), Paraná (southwest), and Mato Grosso do Sul (west). São Paulo constitutes the heart of the Southeast, Brazil’s most developed and populous region. The state itself is the mos...
Before the arrival of the Portuguese, the two principal indigenous groups were the Tupí-Guaraní, who lived on the coast and on the plateau, and the Tapuia, who lived farther inland. Black African slaves were introduced to the region by the Portuguese during the 17th century. With the devastation of the native peoples and with further European immigration (mostly Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), from the end of the 19th century onward, the population of the state was reduced to three elements—white, black, and mulatto. Subsequently a small number of Middle Eastern and Japanese immigrants also arrived.
Brazilian-style Portuguese is the language in general use, and English is relatively widely spoken. São Paulo is predominantly Roman Catholic, though other Christian denominations are found.
Manufacturing and services, mostly focused on the city of São Paulo and its environs, account for the vast majority of the state’s production and employ most of its workers. Manufactures include electronic equipment, automobiles, consumer goods, and food products.
Agriculture is largely mechanized; it owes its modernization largely to the Luis de Queiroz school and to the Institute of Agronomy of Campinas. Coffee, formerly the main source of wealth of the state, still accounts for a considerable portion of the total value of its products. Besides coffee, crops include sugarcane, cotton, corn (maize), rice, beans, Indian or Paraguay tea (maté), potatoes, and such fruits as bananas and oranges. Hogs, sheep, horses, and goats are also raised.
The area that was to become São Paulo was settled in 1532 by the Portuguese under the explorer Martim Afonso de Souza, who established a flourishing settlement at São Vicente, now a resort town near Santos. When Brazil was divided into captaincies, or hereditary fiefs, the captaincy of São Vicente, comprising the whole of Brazil south of Rio de Janeiro, was granted to Souza (1534). The Vicentinos (inhabitants of São Vicente) had begun to explore the hinterlands, and new villages began to appear on the coastline and on the plateau, which became the main region of inland settlement. In 1681 the captaincy was renamed São Paulo, and the town of São Paulo (founded 1554) was designated the capital.
In the 18th century the Portuguese inhabitants of the captaincy (called Paulistas, or Paulistanos) continued to penetrate the west, north, and south by forming large slave- and gold-hunting expeditions called bandeiras. São Paulo existed on its commerce, sugar growing, and diversified agriculture until the introduction of coffee planting in the 19th century opened a new economic era.
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São Paulo, or Sampa as it is also often called, is the largest city in Brazil, with a municipality population of 12.1 million, and about 21.3 million in its metropolitan region - the most populous of the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere. It is the capital of the Southeastern state of São Paulo, and also a beehive of activity that offers a ...
May 21, 2024 · Sao Paulo, city, capita of Sao Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It is the foremost industrial center in Latin America. The city is located on a plateau of the Brazilian Highlands extending inland from the Serra do Mar, which rises as part of the Great Escarpment just inland from the Atlantic Ocean.
