Greater São Paulo

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
Map
Country Brazil
Core citySão Paulo
Area
 • Urban
2,139 km2 (826 sq mi)
 • Metro
7,947 km2 (3,068 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
23,443,587
 • Metro density2,900/km2 (7,600/sq mi)
GDP[1]
 • MetroR$ 1.621 trillion
US$ 314.5 billion (2022)
 • Per capitaR$ 78,140
US$ 15,159 (2022)

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.

Metropolitan Area

São Paulo view from Banespa Building

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.[2]

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[3]). 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

Extended Metropolitan Area in State
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)[4] Seat city Population (2016 IBGE estimate)[5]
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[6]
  • Urban area: 2,139 km2
  • Population: 23,455,256[7]
  • GDP: R$ 1,140 trillion[6]
  • Latitude: 23 533S
  • Longitude: 46 617W

Municipalities in RMSP

Greater São Paulo Population Statistics by Municipality
Municipality Area (km2) 1991 2000 2022 GDP (2005)[8]
Census Density
(Inhab/km2)[9] 		Census Density
(Inhab/km2) 		Census Density
(Inhab/km2)
Arujá 97 37,622 388 59,185 610 86,678 901 934,992,000
Barueri 65 130,799 2,044 208,281 3,254 316,473 4,816 22,430,475,000
Biritiba-Mirim 317 17,833 56 24,653 78 29,676 93 164,634,000
Caieiras 97 39,069 407 71,221 742 95,030 973 1,040,734,000
Cajamar 131 33,736 264 50,761 397 92,689 705 1,915,590,000
Carapicuíba 35 283,661 8,105 344,596 9,846 387,121 11,205 1,915,285,000
Cotia 324 107,453 332 148,987 460 273,640 844 3,472,181,000
Diadema 31 305,287 9,848 357,064 11,518 393,237 12,795 7,344,570,000
Embu 70 155,990 2,228 207,663 2,967 250,720 3,561 1,834,260,000
Embu-Guaçu 155 36,277 234 56,916 367 66,970 430 366,844,000
Ferraz de Vasconcelos 30 96,166 3,206 142,377 4,746 179,205 6,065 793,081,000
Francisco Morato 49 83,885 1,712 133,738 2,729 165,139 3,370 512,822,000
Franco da Rocha 133 85,535 638 108,122 807 144,849 1090 1,186,777,000
Guararema 271 17,961 66 21,904 81 31,236 115 364,164,000
Guarulhos 318 787,866 2,478 1,072,717 3,373 1,291,784 4,053 21,615,314,000
Itapevi 82 107,976 1,187 162,433 1,785 232,513 2,812 1,809,328,000
Itapecerica da Serra 151 85,640 567 129,685 859 158,522 1,052 1,925,151,000
Itaquaquecetuba 82 164,957 2,012 272,942 3,329 369,275 4,469 1,733,662,000
Jandira 18 62,697 3,483 91,807 5,100 118,045 6,765 1,091,263,000
Juquitiba 522 19,969 38 26,459 51 27,404 52 176,268,000
Mairiporã 321 39,937 124 60,111 187 93,617 291 606,428,000
Mauá 62 294,998 4,758 363,392 5,861 418,261 6,753 4,861,255,000
Mogi das Cruzes 712 273,175 384 330,241 464 449,955 631 4,425,513,000
Osasco 65 568,225 8,742 652,593 10,040 743,432 11,445 18,310,452,000
Pirapora do Bom Jesus 108 7,956 74 12,395 115 18,370 169 110,396,000
Poá 17 76,302 4,488 95,801 5,635 103,765 6,010 1,459,161,000
Ribeirão Pires 99 85,085 859 104,508 1,056 115,559 1,167 1,141,011,000
Rio Grande da Serra 36 29,901 808 37,091 1,002 44,170 1,215 239,390,000
Salesópolis 426 11,359 27 14,357 34 15,202 35 137,580,000
Santa Isabel 363 37,975 105 43,740 121 53,174 146 359,216,000
Santana de Parnaíba 179 37,762 205 74,828 407 154,105 856 2,245,994,000
Santo André 175 616,991 3,526 649,331 3,710 748,919 4,260 11,426,975,000
São Bernardo do Campo 406 566,893 1,396 703,177 1,732 810,729 1,979 19,446,018,000
São Caetano do Sul 15 149,519 9,968 140,159 9,344 165,655 10,805 8,003,490,000
São Lourenço da Serra 187 7,506 40 12,199 65 15,984 85 120,750,000
São Paulo 1,521 9,646,185 6,334 10,434,252 6,851 11,451,245 7,527 263,177,148,000
Suzano 206 158,839 771 228,690 1,110 307,364 1,490 4,289,553,000
Taboão da Serra 20 160,084 8,004 197,644 9,882 273,542 13,416 3,089,793,000
Vargem Grande Paulista 42 15,870 467 32,683 961 50,333 1,184 421,724,000
Total 7,943 15,230,140 1,917 17,614,036 2,218 20,743,587 2,610 416,499,242,000

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. ^ "PIB da Região Administrativa de Sorocaba é o 4º que mais cresceu", www.seade.gov.br
  2. ^ Lei Complementar nº 1.139, de 16 de junho de 2011
  3. ^ Censo do IBGE 2022: consulte a população atualizada por cidade
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Cidades | IBGE". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  6. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ IBGE (Brazilian Geographic and Statistical Institute) estimate for July 1, 2006
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ IBGE Cidades Archived June 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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