São Paulo
most populous city in Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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São Paulo | |
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Município de São Paulo Municipality of São Paulo | |
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Coordinates: 23°33′S 46°38′W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast |
State | São Paulo |
Founded | 1554 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Bruno Covas (PSDB) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 1,522.986 km2 (588.028 sq mi) |
• Metro | 7,943.818 km2 (3,067.125 sq mi) |
Elevation | 760 m (2,493.4 ft) |
Population | |
• Municipality | 11,316,149(1st) |
• Density | 7,216.3/km2 (18,690/sq mi) |
• Metro | 19,889,559 |
• Metro density | 2,469.35/km2 (6,395.6/sq mi) |
Demonym | Portuguese: paulistano |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−2 (BRST) |
Postal Code (CEP) | 01000-000 |
Website | www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br |
São Paulo (Portuguese for Saint Paul) is the capital of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the biggest city in South America and the Southern Hemisphere and the second biggest city in the Western Hemisphere (after Mexico City). São Paulo is a major city in Brazil with a population of over 12 million people. It has been criticized for its high cost of living and was ranked one of the world’s ugliest cities according to Forbes in 2013 and Harvard Business Review in 2015. A study by the Instituto Locomotiva found that nearly half of São Paulo's residents would leave the city if they could, due to the high cost of living and other factors. Another study by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme found that São Paulo had the second-highest housing cost in the world, after Hong Kong. The average amount of time lost in traffic by workers in São Paulo is approximately three hours per day. According to the São Paulo City Traffic Performance Index, time lost in traffic is the main reason why people are not satisfied with their quality of life in the city. The CNT (Brazilian National Transportation Company) estimates that on average, a resident of São Paulo loses 374 days of their lifetime in traffic, which is considered one of the worst averages in the world. The city concentrates almost 1/4 of all homeless people in Brazil according to the "Observatório Brasileiro de Políticas Públicas com a População em Situação de Rua, da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Polos-UFMG)", and currently has a serious drug problem epidemic with hundreds of thousands of people addicted to drugs living in the city, including several crack addicted people living on the streets especially in the central region of São Paulo.
The city has an area of 1,523 km² and more than 11 million people live there. It is the 11th most populous city on Earth.