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São Paulo (/ ˌ s aʊ ˈ p aʊ l oʊ /, Portuguese: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ⓘ) is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus.It is located in the Southeast Region and is bordered by the states of Minas Gerais to the north and northeast, Paraná to the south, Rio de Janeiro to the east and Mato Grosso do Sul to the west, in addition to the ...
São Paulo (/ ˌ s aʊ ˈ p aʊ l oʊ /, Portuguese: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ⓘ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the capital of the state of São Paulo, as well as the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas, and both the Western and Southern Hemisphere.
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]).
If São Paulo state were a country, its 47 million population would make it the third largest in South America: Only the rest of Brazil and Colombia are larger. From the turn of the century, it ...
A total of 246.9 million hens was estimated for 2018. The state of São Paulo was responsible for 21.9%. The national production of chicken eggs was 4.4 billion dozen in 2018. The Southeast region was responsible for 43.8% of the total produced. The state of São Paulo was the largest national producer (25.6%), with a total of 16.8 million birds.
In 1977, the southern part of Mato Grosso became the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. [15] In 1981, Rondônia became a state. [16] The Brazilian constitution of 1988 created the state of Tocantins from the northern portion of Goiás, established Amapá and Roraima as states, and returned the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha to Pernambuco. [1]
Araraquara (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɾaɾɐˈkwaɾɐ] or [aˌɾaɾɐˈkwaɾɐ]) is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 250,314 (2022 est.) in an area of 1,004 km 2 (388 sq mi). [3] It is also known as "the abode of the sun," because of its impressive sunset and because of its hot atmosphere, especially in summer ...
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of São Paulo (SP), located in the Southeast Region of Brazil. São Paulo is divided into 645 municipalities, which, since 2017, have been grouped into 11 intermediate and 53 immediate regions.