Greater

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

() is a nonspecific term for one of the multiple definitions of the large

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located in the

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Metropolitan Area

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

. 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). The largest municipalities are

, 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 as

São Bernardo do Campo São Bernardo do Campo () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 810,729 (2022 census) in an area of . According to 2021 data from ...

(810,729 inh.) and Santo André (748,919 inh.) in the ABC 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 as

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and Ford. It represents the "core" cities of the greater region.

Extended Metropolitan Area

The extended metropolitan area of 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 of

, and consists of the contiguous entities:

RMSP statistics

* Territorial area: 7,947 km² * Urban area: 2,139 km² * Population: 23,455,256IBGE (Brazilian Geographic and Statistical Institute) estimate for July 1, 2006
/ref> * GDP: R$ 1,140 trillion * Latitude: 23 533S * Longitude: 46 617W

Municipalities in RMSP

Transport

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: *

Rodovia Anhanguera The Rodovia Anhanguera (official designation SP-330) (In English: Anhanguera Highway) is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is one of the country's busiest transportation corridors. A 2005 survey conducted amongst Brazilian truck d ...

* Rodovia dos Imigrantes * Rodovia Anchieta * Rodovia dos Bandeirantes * Rodovia Presidente Dutra * Rodovia Ayrton Senna * Rodovia Castelo Branco * Rodovia Fernão Dias *

Rodovia Raposo Tavares Rodovia Raposo Tavares (official designation SP-270) is the longest highway in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil, with 654 km. It was opened in 1937. The highway starts in the city of São Paulo and continues westward, s ...

* Rodovia Régis Bittencourt * Rodoanel Mário Covas The São Paulo Metro and the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos provide rail-based transit within the metropolitan area.

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