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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 ...
Capital.sp.gov.br. São Paulo ( / ˌsaʊ ˈpaʊloʊ /, Portuguese: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ⓘ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul ') is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as an alpha global city, São Paulo is the most populous city outside of Asia and the world's 20th-largest city proper by ...
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In January 25, 1554, two priests, Manuel da Nóbrega and José de Anchieta, built a school - Colégio de São Paulo de Piratininga - to convert natives to Catholic religion. Today, this building is the Padre Anchieta Museum. The first people moved to the region in 1560, when São Paulo became a village. Because São Paulo was a poor village and was far a...
São Paulo is crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn. It is in a plateau (a high flat area), 760 metres above the sea level. Because of its altitude, its climate (subtropical) is not so warm as it is near the coast. São Paulo is 70 km far from the coast, 420 km far from Rio de Janeiro, and 1,020 km far from Brasília, the Brazilian capital city. The metr...
São Paulo is the commercial and industrial center of Brazil. There are factories and shops of all sizes and kinds. For example, in São Paulo there are some of the more expensive shops of Brazil, but also there are commercial districts formed only by cheap shops, and people from many places (also from other cities) buy clothing, electronicsand other...
Football is the sport with the biggest number of fans in the city. The most important clubs from the city are Corinthians, Palmeiras, and São Paulo. They are all playing in the Brazilian Série A, the major football championship in Brazil. Except Palmeiras. There are also other big and medium teams from São Paulo, for example Portuguesa and Juventus...
Some people do not like São Paulo because of the big number of cars, trucks and motorcycles on streets and avenues. The public transport is also very important for the people who live there. There are many bus lanes in the city, and a big Metro (underground railway) and railwaysystem. São Paulo has three airports and is the second city in number of...
São Paulo State Official Home Page Archived 2007-07-11 at the Wayback Machine(in English)São Paulo Tourism Site Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine(in Portuguese)VisitSP São Paulo travel guide Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine(in English)"São Paulo, a selva de pedra | Num Postal". 6 February 2020.Censo 2010: população do Brasil é de 190.732.694 pessoasurl=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdfIBGESão Paulo is located in the South Region of Brazil, with an area of 248,209.4 square kilometres (95,834.2 sq mi). (For comparison, the state of Oregon in the United States of America has an area of 248,249 square kilometres (95,849 sq mi), but has a much smaller population). It borders the state of Minas Gerais to the north, the state of Rio ...
Apr 12, 2024 · The overwhelming majority of its population is urban and suburban. The state capital, São Paulo, is the largest city in Brazil (having overtaken Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s) and one of the largest urban centres in the world. Area 95,834 square miles (248,209 square km). Pop. (2022) 46,024,937.
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São Paulo State. São Paulo is a state in the southeast of Brazil. It is undoubtedly the country's economic powerhouse, contributing alone to one third of the Brazilian GDP. Among visitors, the state is more well-known for its huge and somewhat chaotic capital, São Paulo. However, the vast countryside of the state offers much else to be ...
Founding of São Paulo, 1909 painting by Oscar Pereira da Silva. The history of the city of São Paulo runs parallel to the history of Brazil, throughout approximately 469 years of its existence, in relation to the country's more than five hundred years. During the first three centuries since its foundation, São Paulo stood out in several ...
