São Paulo
São Paulo, or Sampa as it is also often called, is the largest city in Brazil, 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.Photo: Thomas Hobbs, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Popular Destinations
Paulista
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Paulista region is commonly used by people of São Paulo to refer to the area around Avenida Paulista.
Downtown São Paulo
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São Paulo's city downtown area is where the city was founded, in 1554.
West Side
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West is a region in São Paulo. If the Downtown represents the São Paulo of the past, probably no other region represents the São Paulo of present day as well as the West.
Destinations
Northeast São Paulo
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Northeast is a region of São Paulo. A rural area turned residential, it is now known for its large exposition and event centers, and many of the city's largest events, including the São Paulo Carnaval Parade, happen here.
South Central
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South Central is a region of São Paulo. It is the wealthiest region of the city on average, although it does contain some poorer areas, especially in the extreme south.
Far East
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Far East is a region of São Paulo. With about 2.7 million people, it is the most populous region and the main reduct of São Paulo's working classes, a true "City of Workers".
Southeast São Paulo
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Southeast is a region of São Paulo. It can be described as a "transition zone" between its three surrounding regions: the Historic Center, the "City of New Rich" and the "City of Workers", mixing characteristics of these three regions.
Far South
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Far South is a region of São Paulo. It is the largest region of the municipality of São Paulo, and although the second most populous, it is by far the least densely populated.
Northwest São Paulo
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Northwest is a region of São Paulo. It is mostly suburban and residencial similar to the Far East, with the difference that considerable portions of the region remain rural or unoccupied.
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Notable Places in the Area
Mirante do Vale
Mirante do Vale Building, commonly called Mirante do Vale, is a 170-metre office skyscraper located in São Paulo, Brazil, in the area of Downtown São Paulo and Vale do Anhangabaú.São Paulo Museum of Art
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The São Paulo Museum of Art is an art museum located on Paulista Avenue in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
Edifício Altino Arantes
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The Altino Arantes Building, also known as the Banespa Building and most popularly by Banespão, is an important Art Deco skyscraper located in São Paulo, Brazil.
Localities in the Area
Santana
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Santana is a metro station on São Paulo Metro Line 1-Blue, located in the district of Santana, in São Paulo.
Bela Vista
Bela Vista is one of the most traditional Italian neighborhoods in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.Mooca
Southeast is a region of São Paulo. It can be described as a "transition zone" between its three surrounding regions: the Historic Center, the "City of New Rich" and the "City of Workers", mixing characteristics of these three regions.São Paulo
- Type: City with 11,500,000 residents
- Description: most populous city in Brazil
- Postal codes: 01331-000, 22640-101 and 82010-340
- Neighbors: Barueri, Cotia, Embu das Artes, Guarulhos, Itanhaém, Itapecerica da Serra, Juquitiba, Mairiporã, Osasco, Santana de Parnaíba, Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, São Caetano do Sul, São Vicente and Taboão da Serra
- Categories: municipality of Brazil, largest city, big city, megacity and locality
- Location: Grande São Paulo, São Paulo, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-23.5484° or 23° 32' 54" southLongitude
-46.6388° or 46° 38' 20" westPopulation
11,500,000Elevation
769 metres (2,523 feet)Inception
January 25th, 1554IATA airport code
SAOUnited Nations Location Code
BR SAOOpen Location Code
588MF926+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 30674098OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
3448439Wikidata ID
Q174São Paulo Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: São Paulo
- Abkhazian: Сан-Паулу
- Achinese: São Paulo
- Afar: San Paulo
- Afrikaans: São Paulo
- Akan: São Paulo
- Albanian: Sao Paolo
- Albanian: São Paulo
- Amharic: ሳው ፓውሉ
- Arabic: São Paulo
- Arabic: سان باولو
- Arabic: ساو باولو
- Arabic: ساوباولو
- Arabic: ساو بولو
- Aragonese: São Paulo
- Armenian: Սան Պաուլո
- Armenian: Սան Պաուլու
- Arpitan: Sant Pôl du Brèsil
- Arpitan: São Paulo
- Asturian: São Paulo
- Aymara: San Pauluw
- Azerbaijani: San-Paulu
- Azerbaijani: San Paulo
- Balinese: São Paulo
- Bambara: São Paulo
- Bashkir: Сан-Паулу
- Basque: Sao Paulo
- Basque: São Paulo
- Bavarian: São Paulo
- Belarusian: Сан-Паўлу
- Bengali: সাঁউ পাউলু
- Bengali: সাওপাউলো
- Bengali: সাও পাওলো
- Bhojpuri: साओ पाउलो
- Bhojpuri: साओ पाओलो
- Bhojpuri: साओ पालो
- Bhojpuri: साओ पॉलो
- Bhojpuri: साओ पौलो
- Bishnupriya: সাও পাউলো
- Bosnian: Sao Paulo
- Bosnian: São Paulo
- Breton: São Paulo
- Buginese: São Paulo
- Buginese: ᨔᨕᨚ ᨄᨕᨘᨒᨚ
- Bulgarian: Сао Пауло
- Burmese: ဆောပိုလိုမြို့
- Catalan: Sant Pau
- Catalan: São Paulo
- Cebuano: São Paulo
- Central Bikol: São Paulo
- Central Kurdish: ساوپاولۆ
- Chavacano: São Paulo
- Chechen: Сан-Паулу
- Cheyenne: São Paulo
- Chinese: São Paulo
- Chinese: 圣保罗
- Chinese: 圣保罗州
- Chinese: 聖保羅/圣保罗
- Chinese: 聖保羅
- Chuvash: Сан-Паулу
- Cornish: São Paulo
- Corsican: São Paulo
- Cree: ᓴᐅ ᐸᐅᐅ
- Crimean Tatar: San Paulu
- Croatian: Sao Paulo
- Croatian: São Paulo
- Czech: São Paulo
- Dagbani: São Paulo
- Danish: São Paulo
- Dhivehi: ސައޮ ޕައުލޯ
- Dimli (individual language): São Paulo
- Dotyali: साओ पाउलो
- Dutch: Sao Paulo
- Dutch: São Paulo
- Eastern Mari: Сан-Паулу
- Egyptian Arabic: ساو باولو
- English: Sao Paulo
- English: São Paulo city
- Erzya: Сан-Паулу
- Esperanto: San-Paŭlo
- Esperanto: Sanpaŭlo
- Esperanto: Sanpaŭlurbo
- Estonian: São Paulo
- Extremaduran: São Paulo
- Faroese: São Paulo
- Fiji Hindi: São Paulo
- Fijian: São Paulo
- Finnish: Sao Paulo
- Finnish: São Paulo
- French: Sao Paulo
- French: São Paulo
- Galician: San Paulo
- Galician: São Paulo
- Gan Chinese: 聖保羅
- Georgian: სან-პაულუ
- German: Município de São Paulo
- German: Sao Paulo
- German: São Paulo
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: São Paulo
- Greek: Σάο Πάολο
- Guarani: São Paulo
- Guianese Creole French: São Paulo
- Gujarati: સાઉ પાઉલો
- Haitian: São Paolo
- Hakka Chinese: Sṳn Pó-lò
- Hausa: São Paulo
- Hawaiian: San Paulu
- Hebrew: סאו פאולו
- Hindi: साओ पाउलो
- Hungarian: São Paulo
- Icelandic: São Paulo
- Ido: Sao Paulo
- Iloko: São Paulo
- Indonesian: São Paulo
- Ingush: Сан-Паулу
- Interlingua: São Paulo
- Interlingue: São Paulo
- Inuktitut: ᓴᐆ ᐸᐆᓘ
- Inupiaq: São Paulo
- Irish: São Paulo
- Italian: San Paolo
- Italian: San Paolo del Brasile
- Italian: Sao Paulo
- Italian: São Paulo
- Jamaican Creole English: Sou Paalo
- Japanese: S.Paulo
- Japanese: SP
- Japanese: サンパウロ
- Japanese: 聖市
- Javanese: São Paulo
- Kabiyè: Sao Poolo
- Kabyle: Saw Pawlu
- Kabyle: São Paulo
- Kalaallisut: São Paulo
- Kalmyk: Сан-Паулу
- Kannada: ಸಾವೊ ಪಾಲೊ
- Kannada: ಸಾವೊ ಪೌಲೊ
- Kara-Kalpak: San Paulo
- Kazakh: Сан-Паулу
- Kazakh: Сан-Паулу қаласы
- Khmer: សាវប៉ូលឡូ
- Komi-Permyak: Сан Павлу
- Komi: Сан-Паулу
- Korean: 상파올로
- Korean: 상파올루
- Korean: 상파울로
- Korean: 상파울루
- Kurdish: São Paulo
- Ladin: São Paulo
- Ladino: São Paulo
- Lao: São Paulo
- Lao: ຊາວເປົາໂລ
- Latin: Paulopolis
- Latin: Urbs Paulistana
- Latvian: Sanpaulu
- Lezghian: Сан-Паулу
- Ligurian: São Paulo
- Limburgan: São Paulo
- Lingala: São Paulo
- Lithuanian: San Paulas
- Lojban: sankt. paulos
- Lombard: São Paulo
- Low German: São Paulo
- Lower Sorbian: São Paulo
- Luxembourgish: São Paulo
- Macedo-Romanian: São Paulo
- Macedonian: Сао Паоло
- Macedonian: Саун Пауло
- Maithili: साओ पाउलो
- Malagasy: São Paulo
- Malay: Sao Paulo
- Malay: São Paulo
- Malayalam: സാവോ പോളോ
- Maltese: Sao Paolo
- Maltese: São Paulo
- Manx: São Paulo
- Maori: Hao Pāora
- Marathi: साओ पाउलो
- Mazanderani: سائوپائولو
- Min Dong Chinese: São Paulo
- Min Nan Chinese: São Paulo
- Mingrelian: სან-პაულუ
- Mirandese: San Poulo
- Mongolian: Сан-Паоло
- Mongolian: Сан-Паулу
- Moroccan Arabic: ساو پاولو
- N'Ko: ߛߊߥߏ߫ ߔߟߏ߫
- Narom: San Paulu
- Nauru: São Paulo
- Neapolitan: San Paulo
- Nepali: साओ पाउलो
- Northern Frisian: São Paulo
- Northern Sami: São Paulo
- Norwegian: São Paulo
- Norwegian Bokmål: São Paulo
- Norwegian Nynorsk: São Paulo
- Novial: São Paulo
- Nyanja: São Paulo
- Occitan (post 1500): São Paulo
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܣܐܘ ܦܐܘܠܘ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): São Paulo
- Ossetian: Сан-Паулу
- Pampanga: São Paulo
- Panjabi: ਸਾਓ ਪਾਉਲੋ
- Panjabi: ਸਾਓ ਪਾਓਲੋ
- Papiamento: São Paulo
- Pennsylvania German: São Paulo
- Persian: سائوپائولو
- Persian: سائو پائولو
- Picard: Saint-Pol
- Picard: São Paulo
- Piemontese: San Pàul ëd Brasil
- Polish: Sao Paulo
- Polish: São Paulo
- Portuguese: Cidade de SP
- Portuguese: Cidade de São Paulo
- Portuguese: Cidade de São Paulo, SP
- Portuguese: Cidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
- Portuguese: Município de São Paulo
- Portuguese: SP
- Portuguese: Sampa
- Portuguese: São Paulo
- Portuguese: São Paulo (cidade)
- Portuguese: São Paulo, SP
- Portuguese: São Paulo, São Paulo
- Portuguese: São Paulo capital
- Portuguese: Terra da garoa
- Portuguese: cidade de São Paulo
- Portuguese: cidade de São Paulo, Brasil
- Prussian: minas
- Pushto: ساو پاولو
- Quechua: São Paulo
- Romanian: Sao Paulo
- Romanian: São Paulo
- Romansh: São Paulo
- Russia Buriat: Сан-Паулу
- Russian: Сан-Паулу (город)
- Russian: Сан-Паулу
- Rusyn: Сан Пауло
- Samogitian: San Paulos
- Sanskrit: साओ पाओलो
- Santali: ᱥᱟᱣ ᱯᱟᱣᱞᱳ
- Santali: ᱥᱟᱣ ᱯᱟᱣᱞᱳ ᱥᱚᱦᱚᱨ
- Sardinian: Santu Paulu
- Sardinian: Santu Pàulu
- Sardinian: Sao Paulo
- Sardinian: São Paulo
- Saterfriesisch: São Paulo
- Scots: São Paulo
- Scottish Gaelic: São Paulo
- Serbian: Сао Паоло
- Serbian: Сао Пауло
- Serbo-Croatian: Sao Paulo
- Serbo-Croatian: São Paulo
- Sicilian: San Paulu
- Sicilian: San Paulu dû Brasili
- Silesian: São Paulo
- Sindhi: سائو پالو
- Sinhala: සාවෝ - පෝලෝ
- Sinhala: සාවෝ පෝලෝ
- Slovak: São Paulo
- Slovenian: Sao Paulo
- Slovenian: São Paulo
- Somali: Sow Bawlo
- Somali: São Paulo
- South Azerbaijani: سائو پائولو
- South Azerbaijani: سانپائولو
- Spanish: SP
- Spanish: SP, Brasil
- Spanish: San Pablo
- Spanish: San Pablo (Brasil)
- Spanish: San Pablo, SP
- Spanish: Sao Paulo
- Spanish: Sao Paulo (Brasil)
- Spanish: Sao Paulo, SP
- Spanish: São Paulo
- Spanish: ciudad de Sao Paulo
- Sranan Tongo: São Paulo
- Swahili: São Paulo
- Swedish: Sao Paulo
- Swedish: São Paulo
- Swiss German: São Paulo
- Tagalog: São Paulo
- Tahitian: São Paulo
- Tajik: Сан-Паулу
- Tajik: Сан Паулу
- Talysh: San Paulo
- Tamil: சாவோ பாவுலோ
- Tamil: ஸௌ பௌலோ
- Tatar: Сан-Паулу
- Telugu: శఒ పౌలొ
- Telugu: సావో పాలో
- Telugu: సౌ పౌలో
- Tetum: Saun Paulu
- Thai: เซาเปาลู
- Thai: เซาเปาโล
- Tibetan: སན་པའུ་ལོ་
- Tok Pisin: San Paulu
- Tosk Albanian: São Paulo
- Turkish: Sao Paulo
- Turkish: São Paulo
- Turkmen: San-Paulu
- Twi: São Paulo
- Udmurt: Сан-Паулу
- Uighur: San Pawlo
- Ukrainian: Сан-Паулу
- Upper Sorbian: São Paulo
- Urdu: ساؤ پالو
- Urdu: ساؤں پاؤلو
- Uzbek: San-Paulu
- Uzbek: San Paulu
- Venetian: San Poło del Braxil
- Veps: San Paulu
- Vietnamese: Sao Paulo
- Vietnamese: São Paulo
- Vlax Romani: São Paulo
- Volapük: São Paulo
- Võro: São Paulo
- Walloon: Sawo Pålo
- Waray (Philippines): São Paulo
- Welsh: São Paulo
- Western Armenian: Սան Փաուլօ
- Western Frisian: São Paulo
- Western Mari: Сан-Паулу
- Western Panjabi: ساؤ پولو
- Wolof: São Paulo
- Wu Chinese: 聖保羅
- Yakut: Сан Паулу
- Yiddish: סאו פאולא
- Yoruba: São Paulo
- Yue Chinese: 聖保羅
- Zeeuws: São Paulo
- Zhuang: São Paulo
- San Pàule
- Sau Paulu
- São Paulo de Piratininga
- 聖保羅(巴西)
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