Greater São Paulo Grande São Paulo | |
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.jpg) Metropolitan Region São Paulo (RMSP) encompasses the central built up section and does not include nearby built-up areas also seen on this map, the microregions Baixada Santista (south coast), Jundiaí (north), and São José dos Campos (east), which comprise parts of its extended metro area but not the metropolitan area | |
 Interactive map of Greater São Paulo | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Core city | São Paulo |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 2,139 km2 (826 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 7,947 km2 (3,068 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 23,443,587 |
| • Metro density | 2,950/km2 (7,640/sq mi) |
| GDP[1] | |
| • Metro | US$ 319.3 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | US$ 14,300 (2023) |
GreaterSão Paulo (Portuguese:Grande São Paulo) is a nonspecific term for one of the multiple definitions of the largemetropolitan area located in theSão Paulostate inBrazil.
A legally defined specific term,Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP), one definition for Metropolitan São Paulo, consists of 39 municipalities, including the statecapital,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 areSão 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 asSão Bernardo do Campo (810,729 inh.) andSanto André (748,919 inh.) in theABC 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 asVolkswagen andFord. It represents the "core" cities of the greater region.
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 ofSão Paulo, and consists of the contiguous entities:
| Region[4][5] | Population | Seat city | Population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metropolitan Region of São Paulo | 21,860,000 | São Paulo | 12,310,000 | ||
| 2 | Metropolitan Region of Campinas | 3,300,000 | Campinas | 1,215,000 | ||
| 3 | Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte | 2,550,000 | São José dos Campos | 725,000 | ||
| 4 | Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba | 2,150,000 | Sorocaba | 685,000 | ||
| 5 | Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista | 1,880,000 | Santos | 435,000 | ||
| 6 | Metropolitan Region of Piracicaba | 1,500,000 | Piracicaba | 410,000 | ||
| 7 | Metropolitan Region of Jundiaí | 825,000 | Jundiaí | 425,000 | ||
| 8 | Regional Unit ofBragança Paulista city | 480,000 | Bragança Paulista | 170,000 | ||
| São Paulo Macrometropolis | 34,500,000 | |||||
| Municipality | Area (km2) | 1991 | 2000 | 2022 | GDP (2005)[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Density (Inhab/km2)[9] | Census | Density (Inhab/km2) | Census | Density (Inhab/km2) | |||
| Arujá | 97 | 37,622 | 388 | 59,185 | 610 | 86,678 | 901 | 934,992,000 |
| Barueri | 65 | 130,799 | 2,044 | 208,281 | 3,254 | 316,473 | 4,816 | 22,430,475,000 |
| Biritiba-Mirim | 317 | 17,833 | 56 | 24,653 | 78 | 29,676 | 93 | 164,634,000 |
| Caieiras | 97 | 39,069 | 407 | 71,221 | 742 | 95,030 | 973 | 1,040,734,000 |
| Cajamar | 131 | 33,736 | 264 | 50,761 | 397 | 92,689 | 705 | 1,915,590,000 |
| Carapicuíba | 35 | 283,661 | 8,105 | 344,596 | 9,846 | 387,121 | 11,205 | 1,915,285,000 |
| Cotia | 324 | 107,453 | 332 | 148,987 | 460 | 273,640 | 844 | 3,472,181,000 |
| Diadema | 31 | 305,287 | 9,848 | 357,064 | 11,518 | 393,237 | 12,795 | 7,344,570,000 |
| Embu | 70 | 155,990 | 2,228 | 207,663 | 2,967 | 250,720 | 3,561 | 1,834,260,000 |
| Embu-Guaçu | 155 | 36,277 | 234 | 56,916 | 367 | 66,970 | 430 | 366,844,000 |
| Ferraz de Vasconcelos | 30 | 96,166 | 3,206 | 142,377 | 4,746 | 179,205 | 6,065 | 793,081,000 |
| Francisco Morato | 49 | 83,885 | 1,712 | 133,738 | 2,729 | 165,139 | 3,370 | 512,822,000 |
| Franco da Rocha | 133 | 85,535 | 638 | 108,122 | 807 | 144,849 | 1090 | 1,186,777,000 |
| Guararema | 271 | 17,961 | 66 | 21,904 | 81 | 31,236 | 115 | 364,164,000 |
| Guarulhos | 318 | 787,866 | 2,478 | 1,072,717 | 3,373 | 1,291,784 | 4,053 | 21,615,314,000 |
| Itapevi | 82 | 107,976 | 1,187 | 162,433 | 1,785 | 232,513 | 2,812 | 1,809,328,000 |
| Itapecerica da Serra | 151 | 85,640 | 567 | 129,685 | 859 | 158,522 | 1,052 | 1,925,151,000 |
| Itaquaquecetuba | 82 | 164,957 | 2,012 | 272,942 | 3,329 | 369,275 | 4,469 | 1,733,662,000 |
| Jandira | 18 | 62,697 | 3,483 | 91,807 | 5,100 | 118,045 | 6,765 | 1,091,263,000 |
| Juquitiba | 522 | 19,969 | 38 | 26,459 | 51 | 27,404 | 52 | 176,268,000 |
| Mairiporã | 321 | 39,937 | 124 | 60,111 | 187 | 93,617 | 291 | 606,428,000 |
| Mauá | 62 | 294,998 | 4,758 | 363,392 | 5,861 | 418,261 | 6,753 | 4,861,255,000 |
| Mogi das Cruzes | 712 | 273,175 | 384 | 330,241 | 464 | 449,955 | 631 | 4,425,513,000 |
| Osasco | 65 | 568,225 | 8,742 | 652,593 | 10,040 | 743,432 | 11,445 | 18,310,452,000 |
| Pirapora do Bom Jesus | 108 | 7,956 | 74 | 12,395 | 115 | 18,370 | 169 | 110,396,000 |
| Poá | 17 | 76,302 | 4,488 | 95,801 | 5,635 | 103,765 | 6,010 | 1,459,161,000 |
| Ribeirão Pires | 99 | 85,085 | 859 | 104,508 | 1,056 | 115,559 | 1,167 | 1,141,011,000 |
| Rio Grande da Serra | 36 | 29,901 | 808 | 37,091 | 1,002 | 44,170 | 1,215 | 239,390,000 |
| Salesópolis | 426 | 11,359 | 27 | 14,357 | 34 | 15,202 | 35 | 137,580,000 |
| Santa Isabel | 363 | 37,975 | 105 | 43,740 | 121 | 53,174 | 146 | 359,216,000 |
| Santana de Parnaíba | 179 | 37,762 | 205 | 74,828 | 407 | 154,105 | 856 | 2,245,994,000 |
| Santo André | 175 | 616,991 | 3,526 | 649,331 | 3,710 | 748,919 | 4,260 | 11,426,975,000 |
| São Bernardo do Campo | 406 | 566,893 | 1,396 | 703,177 | 1,732 | 810,729 | 1,979 | 19,446,018,000 |
| São Caetano do Sul | 15 | 149,519 | 9,968 | 140,159 | 9,344 | 165,655 | 10,805 | 8,003,490,000 |
| São Lourenço da Serra | 187 | 7,506 | 40 | 12,199 | 65 | 15,984 | 85 | 120,750,000 |
| São Paulo | 1,521 | 9,646,185 | 6,334 | 10,434,252 | 6,851 | 11,451,245 | 7,527 | 263,177,148,000 |
| Suzano | 206 | 158,839 | 771 | 228,690 | 1,110 | 307,364 | 1,490 | 4,289,553,000 |
| Taboão da Serra | 20 | 160,084 | 8,004 | 197,644 | 9,882 | 273,542 | 13,416 | 3,089,793,000 |
| Vargem Grande Paulista | 42 | 15,870 | 467 | 32,683 | 961 | 50,333 | 1,184 | 421,724,000 |
| Total | 7,943 | 15,230,140 | 1,917 | 17,614,036 | 2,218 | 20,743,587 | 2,610 | 416,499,242,000 |
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:
TheSão Paulo Metro and theCompanhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos provide rail-based transit within the metropolitan area.
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