Greater São Paulo

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.
Greater São Paulo at night, seen from International Space Station.

The Greater São Paulo (Portuguese: Grande São Paulo) is a nonspecific term for one of the multiple definitions the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil.

Definitions

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, São Paulo.[1]

The RMSP of São Paulo is known as a financial and economic centre of Brazil, with a total population of 23,455,256 inhabitants (2017 estimate). The largest municipalities are São Paulo, with a population of 12,138,175, Guarulhos with a population of 1,337,087 people, plus several municipalities with more than 500,000 inhabitants, such as São Bernardo do Campo (822,242 inh.) and Santo André (712,749 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 Volkswagen and Ford. It represents the "core" cities of the greater region.

Extended Metropolitan Area

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 of São Paulo, and consists of the contiguous entities:

Legally Defined District Population (2016 IBGE estimate)[2] Seat city Population (2016 IBGE estimate)[3]
Metropolitan Region of São Paulo23,455,256São Paulo12,138,175
Metropolitan Region of Campinas3,631,528Campinas1,173,370
Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte2,575,879São José dos Campos695,992
Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba2,108,425Sorocaba652,481
Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista1,913,033 Santos434,359
Piracicaba Urban Agglomeration 1,552,691 Piracicaba 394,419
Jundiaí Urban Agglomeration 780,927 Jundiaí 405,740
Bragança Paulista region 510,299 Bragança Paulista 162,435
CME São Paulo (Extended Metropolitan Complex of São Paulo)+36,315,721

RMSP statistics

  • Territorial area: 7,947 km2[4]
  • Urban area: 2,139 km2
  • Population: 23,455,256[5]
  • GDP: R$ 628 billion[4]
  • Latitude: 23 533S
  • Longitude: 46 617W

Municipalities in RMSP

N°Municipality (Município)Area (km2)1991 censusDensity (Inhab/km2)[6]2000 censusDensity (Inhab/km2)Estimate 2008[7][8]Density (Inhab/km2)GDP (2005)[9]
1Arujá9737,62238859,18561079,000814934,992,000
2Barueri64130,7992,044208,2813,254265,0004,14022,430,475,000
3Biritiba-Mirim31717,8335624,6537829,00091164,634,000
4Caieiras9639,06940771,22174287,0009061,040,734,000
5Cajamar12833,73626450,76139763,0004921,915,590,000
6Carapicuíba35283,6618,105344,5969,846389,00011,1141,915,285,000
7Cotia324107,453332148,987460179,0005523,472,181,000
8Diadema31305,2879,848357,06411,518394,00012,7097,344,570,000
9Embu70155,9902,228207,6632,967245,0003,5001,834,260,000
10Embu-Guaçu15536,27723456,91636762,000400366,844,000
11Ferraz de Vasconcelos3096,1663,206142,3774,746176,0005,866793,081,000
12Francisco Morato4983,8851,712133,7382,729155,0003,163512,822,000
13Franco da Rocha13485,535638108,122807129,0009621,186,777,000
14Guararema27117,9616621,9048127,00099364,164,000
15Guarulhos318787,8662,4781,072,7173,3731,279,0004,02221,615,314,000
16Itapevi91107,9761,187162,4331,785202,0002,2191,809,328,000
17Itapecerica da Serra15185,640567129,685859159,0001,0521,925,151,000
18Itaquaquecetuba82164,9572,012272,9423,329351,0004,2801,733,662,000
19Jandira1862,6973,48391,8075,100110,0006,1111,091,263,000
20Juquitiba52219,9693826,4595129,00055176,268,000
21Mairiporã32139,93712460,11118777,000239606,428,000
22Mauá62294,9984,758363,3925,861413,0006,6614,861,255,000
23Mogi das Cruzes71458,3748265,57492371,0005194,425,513,000
24Osasco65568,2258,742652,59310,040713,00010,96918,310,452,000
25Pirapora do Bom Jesus1087,9567412,39511515,000138110,396,000
26Poá1776,3024,48895,8015,635111,0006,5291,459,161,000
27Ribeirão Pires9985,085859104,5081,056111,0001,1211,141,011,000
28Rio Grande da Serra3729,90180837,0911,00241,0001,108239,390,000
29Salesópolis42611,3592714,3573416,00037137,580,000
30Santa Isabel36137,97510543,74012147,000130359,216,000
31Santana de Parnaíba18437,76220574,828407111,0006032,245,994,000
32Santo André175616,9913,526649,3313,710672,0003,84011,426,975,000
33São Bernardo do Campo406566,8931,396703,1771,732802,0001,97519,446,018,000
34São Caetano do Sul15149,5199,968140,1599,344151,00010,0668,003,490,000
35São Lourenço da Serra1877,5064012,1996518,00096120,750,000
36São Paulo1,5239,646,1856,33410,434,2526,85110,990,0007,216263,177,148,000
37Suzano206158,839771228,6901,110279,0001,3544,289,553,000
38Taboão da Serra20160,0848,004197,6449,882225,00011,2503,089,793,000
39Vargem Grande Paulista3415,87046732,68396144,0001,294421,724,000
–Total7,94315,230,1401,91717,614,0362,21819,616,0002,469416,499,242,000

1,000,000+

500,000–999,999

200,000–499,999

100,000–199,999

Under 100,000

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:

The São Paulo Metro and the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos provide rail-based transit within the metropolitan area.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Lei Complementar nº 1.139, de 16 de junho de 2011
  2. ↑ "IBGE divulga as estimativas populacionais dos municípios em 2016". Câmara de Gestão Pública – CGP (in Portuguese). 2016-08-30. Archived from the original on 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  3. ↑ "Cidades | IBGE". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  4. 1 2 S.A, Empresa Paulista de Planejamento Metropolitano. "Região Metropolitana de São Paulo". EMPLASA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  5. ↑ IBGE (Brazilian Geographic and Statistical Institute) estimate for July 1, 2006
  6. ↑ IBGE Cidades Archived June 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Tabela 793 – População residente, em 1º de abril de 2007: Publicação Completa". Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática (SIDRA). 14 November 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  8. ↑ "Estimativas – Contagem da População 2008". IBGE. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  9. ↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002–2005" (PDF). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 19 December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2008.

Coordinates: 23°32′52″S 46°38′09″W / 23.54778°S 46.63583°W / -23.54778; -46.63583

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