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.

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São Paulo

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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

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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

Museum

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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 Itália

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Edifício Itália is a 165 m tall 46-story skyscraper located in the República district, Central Zone of São Paulo, Brazil.

Localities in the Area

Santana

Suburb

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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

Suburb

Bela Vista is one of the most traditional Italian neighborhoods in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

Bom Retiro

Suburb

Bom Retiro is a central district in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

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, million city, megacity and locality
Location: Grande São Paulo, São Paulo, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-23.5484° or 23° 32' 54" south

Longitude

-46.6388° or 46° 38' 20" west

Population

11,500,000

Elevation

769 metres (2,523 feet)

Inception

25th January 1554

IATA airport code

SAO

United Nations Location Code

BR SAO

Open Location Code

588MF926+JF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 30674098

OpenStreetMap Feature

place=city

GeoNames ID

3448439

Wikidata ID

Q174

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Also Known As

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
Kalaallisut: São Paulo
Kalmyk: Сан-Паулу
Kannada: ಸಾವೊ ಪಾಲೊ
Kannada: ಸಾವೊ ಪೌಲೊ
Kara-Kalpak: San Paulo
Kazakh: Сан-Паулу
Kazakh: Сан-Паулу қаласы
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
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
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
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 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
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page São Paulo. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.