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São Paulo

São Paulo is a state in the of . It is undoubtedly the country's economic powerhouse, contributing alone to one third of the Brazilian GDP.
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, or Sampa as it is also called, is the largest city in , 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.

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is a city in the state of São Paulo, located in the metropolitan area of the . Fully conurbated with São Paulo and other cities, the dense is an important industrial district and an emerging business destination, although it has not much to offer to the casual tourist.

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is a city in the south of the state of , . is the core city of Baixada Santista, a coastal metropolitan area, and contains the most important port in South America.

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is a region in the state of São Paulo, a huge metropolitan area which is home to 20 million people - 11 million only in the core municipality, .

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is a region in the state of São Paulo. It is formed by the Baixada Santista, a coastal metropolitan area with 1.6 million inhabitants centered on , and the Paulista part of the Ribeira Valley, 's largest area of primary Atlantic rainforest, part of the Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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is a region in the state of São Paulo. Visiting this region is a step "off the beaten path" of , away from beaches and rainforests, an area of prosperous and developed towns, of beautiful mountain landscapes, and of rodeos and sertanejo music.

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is a region in the state of São Paulo. It is formed by the Paraíba Valley and the itself. The two regions are separated by the .

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is a region in the state of São Paulo. It is a region containing vast and tranquil rural areas, quickly developing cities like and , and the Itararé valley, an unspoiled geological park that offers beautiful views, canyons and waterfalls.

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is a region in the state of São Paulo. It is a transition area between the industrialized southeast of the state and the mostly agricultural northwest.

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is a region in the state of São Paulo. Differently from the east part of the state, did not have an "industry boom" after the decline of coffee farming.

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is a region in the state of São Paulo. It is a mostly rural and sparsely populated area, with low industrialization level, and heritage left by Japanese immigration.

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is a region in the state of São Paulo. Built on vast farmlands and pastures that extend beyond the horizon, the region is a good representation of São Paulo's prosperous countryside, annually celebrated in the Barretos' rodeo festival.
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São Paulo

Latitude of center
-22.0703° or 22° 4′ 13″ south
Longitude of center
-48.4334° or 48° 26′ 0″ west
Population
45,500,000
Elevation
514 metres (1,686 feet)
Abbreviation
“SP”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 504798993
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3448433
Wiki­data ID
Q175
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“São Paulo” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “São Paulo”
  • Afrikaans: “SP”
  • Albanian: “Sao Paulo”
  • Arabic: “ساو باولو”
  • Aragonese: “Estau de São Paulo”
  • Armenian: “Սան Պաուլու”
  • Asturian: “São Paulo”
  • Azerbaijani: “San-Paulu ştatı”
  • Basque: “São Paulo”
  • Basque: “São Pauloko estatua”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Паўлу (штат)”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Паўлу, штат”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Паўлу”
  • Belarusian: “штат Сан-Паўлу”
  • Bengali: “সাও পাওলো”
  • Bengali: “সাঁও পাওলো”
  • Bhojpuri: “साओ पाओलो”
  • Bishnupriya: “সাও পাউলো”
  • Bosnian: “São Paulo”
  • Breton: “São Paulo”
  • Bulgarian: “Сао Пауло”
  • Burmese: “ဆောပိုလိုပြည်နယ်”
  • Burmese: “ဆောပိုလိုမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Sant Pau”
  • Catalan: “Estat de São Paulo”
  • Catalan: “Sant Pau”
  • Catalan: “São Paulo”
  • Cebuano: “São Paulo (estado)”
  • Cebuano: “São Paulo”
  • Central Kanuri: “São Paulo”
  • Central Kurdish: “ساو پاولۆ”
  • Chavacano: “Estado de São Paulo”
  • Chinese: “São Paulo”
  • Chinese: “圣保罗州”
  • Chinese: “聖保羅州”
  • Chuvash: “Сан-Паулу”
  • Cornish: “São Paulo”
  • Corsican: “San Paulu”
  • Corsican: “São Paulo”
  • Corsican: “Statu di San Paulu”
  • Crimean Tatar: “San Paulu”
  • Crimean Tatar: “San-Paulu (ştat)”
  • Crimean Tatar: “San-Paulu”
  • Croatian: “São Paulo”
  • Czech: “São Paulo”
  • Danish: “São Paulo”
  • Dutch: “Sao Paulo”
  • Dutch: “São Paulo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساو باولو (ولايه)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساو باولو”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساو پاولو”
  • Esperanto: “San-Paŭlio”
  • Esperanto: “San-Paŭlo”
  • Esperanto: “Sanpaŭlo”
  • Esperanto: “SP”
  • Esperanto: “subŝtato de San-Paŭlo”
  • Estonian: “São Paulo osariik”
  • Finnish: “Sao Paolo”
  • Finnish: “São Paulo”
  • French: “État de Saint-Paul”
  • French: “État de São Paulo”
  • French: “Saint-Paul”
  • French: “São Paulo (état)”
  • French: “São Paulo”
  • Galician: “estado de São Paulo”
  • Galician: “Estado de São Paulo”
  • Galician: “São Paulo”
  • Georgian: “სან-პაულუ”
  • Georgian: “სან-პაულუს შტატი”
  • German: “Bundesstaat Sao Paulo”
  • German: “Estado de São Paulo”
  • German: “São Paulo (Staat)”
  • German: “São Paulo”
  • German: “SP”
  • Greek: “Σάο Πάολο”
  • Guarani: “São Paulo”
  • Guarani: “São Páulo”
  • Gujarati: “સાઓ પાઉલો”
  • Hebrew: “סאו פאולו”
  • Hindi: “साओ पाउलो”
  • Hungarian: “São Paulo”
  • Icelandic: “São Paulo”
  • Ido: “Sao Paulo”
  • Indonesian: “São Paulo”
  • Interlingua: “São Paulo”
  • Irish: “São Paulo”
  • Italian: “San Paolo”
  • Italian: “SP”
  • Italian: “Stato di San Paolo”
  • Japanese: “san pauro”
  • Japanese: “サン・パウロ”
  • Japanese: “サンパウロ州”
  • Kannada: “ಸಾವೊ ಪಾಲೊ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Сан-Паулу”
  • Korean: “상파울루주”
  • Kurdish: “Sao Paolo”
  • Ladino: “São Paulo”
  • Lao: “ລັດຊາວເປົາໂລ”
  • Latin: “civitas Paulopolitana”
  • Latin: “Civitas Paulopolitana”
  • Latin: “Sanctus Paulus”
  • Latvian: “Sanpaulu”
  • Limburgan: “São Paulo (staot)”
  • Limburgan: “São Paulo”
  • Lithuanian: “San Paulas”
  • Low German: “São Paulo”
  • Macedonian: “Саун Пауло”
  • Malagasy: “São Paulo”
  • Malay: “São Paulo”
  • Maltese: “São Paulo”
  • Marathi: “साओ पाउलो”
  • Mazanderani: “سائوپائولو (ایالت)”
  • Mazanderani: “سائوپائولو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “São Paulo (chiu)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “São Paulo”
  • Mirandese: “San Poulo”
  • Mongolian: “Сан-Паулу муж”
  • Mongolian: “Сан-Паулу”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ساو پاولو”
  • Nepali: “साँओ पाउलो”
  • Northern Frisian: “São Paulo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “São Paulo (delstat)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “São Paulo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Delstaten São Paulo”
  • Norwegian: “São Paulo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “São Paulo (estat)”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “São Paulo”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “São Paulo”
  • Ossetian: “Сан-Паулу”
  • Persian: “ایالت سائوپائولو”
  • Persian: “سائو پائولو”
  • Piemontese: “São Paulo”
  • Polish: “São Paulo”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de São Paulo”
  • Portuguese: “São Paulo”
  • Portuguese: “SP”
  • Quechua: “São Paulo suyu”
  • Romanian: “São Paulo”
  • Russian: “Сан-Паулу”
  • Samoan: “São Paulo”
  • Sardinian: “Istadu de Santu Pàulu”
  • Sardinian: “Istadu de São Paulo”
  • Sardinian: “Santu Pàulu”
  • Sardinian: “São Paulo”
  • Scots: “São Paulo”
  • Scots: “State o São Paulo”
  • Serbian: “Сао Пауло”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “São Paulo”
  • Sicilian: “San Paulu”
  • Sicilian: “Statu di San Paulu”
  • Sinhala: “සාඕ පවුලෝ ප්‍රාන්තය, බ්‍රසීලය”
  • Sinhala: “සාඕ පවුලෝ”
  • Slovak: “São Paulo”
  • Slovenian: “São Paulo”
  • Somali: “São Paulo”
  • Spanish: “Estado de São Paulo”
  • Spanish: “Sao Paulo”
  • Spanish: “São Paulo”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la São Paulo”
  • Swahili: “São Paulo”
  • Swedish: “Sao Paolo”
  • Swedish: “São Paulo”
  • Swiss German: “São Paulo (Bundesstaat)”
  • Swiss German: “São Paulo”
  • Tajik: “Сан Паулу”
  • Talysh: “San Paulo devlət”
  • Talysh: “San Paulo”
  • Tamil: “சாவோ பாலோ”
  • Tamil: “சாவோ பாவுலோ”
  • Tamil: “ஸோ போலோ”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Паулу (штат)”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Паулу”
  • Telugu: “సావో పాలో”
  • Thai: “รัฐเซาเปาลู”
  • Tosk Albanian: “São Paulo”
  • Turkish: “BR-SP”
  • Turkish: “Estado de São Paulo”
  • Turkish: “São Paulo (eyalet)”
  • Turkish: “São Paulo eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “São Paulo”
  • Turkish: “SP”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Паулу”
  • Urdu: “ساؤ پاؤلو”
  • Uzbek: “San Paulu”
  • Venetian: “San Poło”
  • Veps: “San Paulu”
  • Vietnamese: “São Paulo”
  • Volapük: “São Paulo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “São Paulo”
  • Welsh: “São Paulo”
  • Western Panjabi: “ساؤ پاؤلو”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣保罗州”
  • Yakut: “Сан-Паулу (штаат)”
  • Yakut: “Сан-Паулу”
  • Yoruba: “Sao Paulo”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖保羅州”
  • “BR-SP”
  • “ma San Palo”
  • “ma San Palu”
  • “ma Sanpalo”
  • “ma Sanpalu”
  • “ma São Paulo”
  • “São Paulo”
  • “SP”

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