Greater São Paulo

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A simulated-colour satellite image of the Metropolitan Region São Paulo (centre), and Metropolitan Region Baixada Santista and associated Microregions and Metropolitan Areas that makes up the looser definition of Greater Sao Paulo.

The Greater São Paulo (Grande São Paulo, in Portuguese) is a nonspecific term for the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil.

1 Definitions
2 RMSP Statistics
3 Municipalities in RMSP
4 Transport
5 Notes and references
6 External links

[edit] Definitions

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

The RMSP of São Paulo is known as a financial and economic centre of Brazil, with a total population of 19.8 million inhabitants. The largest municipalities are Guarulhos with a population of more than 1 million people, plus several municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, such as São Bernardo do Campo (703,000 inh.) and Santo André (649,000 inh.) in the ABC Region. The ABC Region in the south of Grande Sao Paulo is an important location for industrial corporations, such as Volkswagen and Ford.

2. The extended metropolitan area of São Paulo (Complexo Metropolitana Extendido São Paulo) consists of the contiguous entities:

Legally Defined District	Population (2006 IBGE estimate)	Area (km²)	Density (per km²)
Microregion of Sorocaba(pt)	1,313,295	4,202	312.54
Microregion of Jundiai(pt)	597,997	802.5	745.2
Baixada Santista or Santos(RMBS, pt)	1,666,453	2,422	687.8
Metro Region Campinas(pt)	2,620,909	3,645.6	837.1
Microregion São José dos Campos(pt)	1,386,456	4,046	342.6
Metropolitan Region São Paulo(RMSP, pt)	19,677,506	7,943.8	2,477
CME São Paulo (Extended Metropolitan Complex São Paulo)	27,259,000	23,061.9	1,180

[edit] RMSP Statistics

Territorial area: 8,051 km²
Urban area: 2,139 km²
Population: 19,677,506^[1]
Latitude: 23 533S
Longitude: 46 617W

[edit] Municipalities in RMSP

Greater São Paulo at night

The 39 municipalities of the area are:

For more details about São Caetano do Sul, Santo André and São Bernardo do Campo see ABC Region.

[edit] Transport

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