Greater São Paulo

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

Greater São Paulo
Grande 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
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
Country Brazil
Core citySão Paulo
Area
 • Urban
2,139 km2 (826 sq mi)
 • Metro
7,947 km2 (3,068 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
20,743,587
 • Metro density2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi)

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 20,743,587 inhabitants (2022 census[2]). The largest municipalities are São Paulo, 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 (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 Volkswagen and Ford. It represents the "core" cities of the greater region.

Extended Metropolitan Area
Main article: São Paulo Macrometropolis

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)[3] Seat city Population (2016 IBGE estimate)[4]
Metropolitan Region of São Paulo 23,455,256 São Paulo 12,138,175
Metropolitan Region of Campinas 3,631,528 Campinas 1,173,370
Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte 2,575,879 São José dos Campos 888,792
Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba 2,108,425 Sorocaba 652,481
Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista 1,913,033 Santos 434,359
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
Greater São Paulo seen at night from the International Space Station
  • Territorial area: 7,947 km2[5]
  • Urban area: 2,139 km2
  • Population: 23,455,256[6]
  • GDP: R$ 1,140 trillion[5]
  • Latitude: 23 533S
  • Longitude: 46 617W

Municipalities in RMSP
Greater São Paulo Population Statistics by Municipality
Municipality Area (km2) 1991 2000 2022 GDP (2005)[7]
Census Density
(Inhab/km2)[8]		 Census Density
(Inhab/km2)		 Census Density
(Inhab/km2)
Arujá 9737,62238859,18561086,678901934,992,000
Barueri 65130,7992,044208,2813,254316,4734,81622,430,475,000
Biritiba-Mirim 31717,8335624,6537829,67693164,634,000
Caieiras 9739,06940771,22174295,0309731,040,734,000
Cajamar 13133,73626450,76139792,6897051,915,590,000
Carapicuíba 35283,6618,105344,5969,846387,12111,2051,915,285,000
Cotia 324107,453332148,987460273,6408443,472,181,000
Diadema 31305,2879,848357,06411,518393,23712,7957,344,570,000
Embu 70155,9902,228207,6632,967250,7203,5611,834,260,000
Embu-Guaçu 15536,27723456,91636766,970430366,844,000
Ferraz de Vasconcelos 3096,1663,206142,3774,746179,2056,065793,081,000
Francisco Morato 4983,8851,712133,7382,729165,1393,370512,822,000
Franco da Rocha 13385,535638108,122807144,84910901,186,777,000
Guararema 27117,9616621,9048131,236115364,164,000
Guarulhos 318787,8662,4781,072,7173,3731,291,7844,05321,615,314,000
Itapevi 82107,9761,187162,4331,785232,5132,8121,809,328,000
Itapecerica da Serra 15185,640567129,685859158,5221,0521,925,151,000
Itaquaquecetuba 82164,9572,012272,9423,329369,2754,4691,733,662,000
Jandira 1862,6973,48391,8075,100118,0456,7651,091,263,000
Juquitiba 52219,9693826,4595127,40452176,268,000
Mairiporã 32139,93712460,11118793,617291606,428,000
Mauá 62294,9984,758363,3925,861418,2616,7534,861,255,000
Mogi das Cruzes 71258,3748265,57492449,9556314,425,513,000
Osasco 65568,2258,742652,59310,040743,43211,44518,310,452,000
Pirapora do Bom Jesus 1087,9567412,39511518,370169110,396,000
Poá 1776,3024,48895,8015,635103,7656,0101,459,161,000
Ribeirão Pires 9985,085859104,5081,056115,5591,1671,141,011,000
Rio Grande da Serra 3629,90180837,0911,00244,1701,215239,390,000
Salesópolis 42611,3592714,3573415,20235137,580,000
Santa Isabel 36337,97510543,74012153,174146359,216,000
Santana de Parnaíba 17937,76220574,828407154,1058562,245,994,000
Santo André 175616,9913,526649,3313,710748,9194,26011,426,975,000
São Bernardo do Campo 406566,8931,396703,1771,732810,7291,97919,446,018,000
São Caetano do Sul 15149,5199,968140,1599,344165,65510,8058,003,490,000
São Lourenço da Serra 1877,5064012,1996515,98485120,750,000
São Paulo 1,5219,646,1856,33410,434,2526,85111,451,2457,527263,177,148,000
Suzano 206158,839771228,6901,110307,3641,4904,289,553,000
Taboão da Serra 20160,0848,004197,6449,882273,54213,4163,089,793,000
Vargem Grande Paulista 4215,87046732,68396150,3331,184421,724,000
Total 7,94315,230,1401,91717,614,0362,21820,743,5872,610416,499,242,000

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. Censo do IBGE 2022: consulte a população atualizada por cidade
  3. "IBGE divulga as estimativas populacionais dos municípios em 2016". Câmara de Gestão Pública – CGP (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-08-30. Archived from the original on 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  4. "Cidades | IBGE". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  5. S.A, Empresa Paulista de Planejamento Metropolitano. "Região Metropolitana de São Paulo". EMPLASA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  6. IBGE (Brazilian Geographic and Statistical Institute) estimate for July 1, 2006
  7. "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.
  8. IBGE Cidades Archived June 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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