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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 ...
According to the 2022 census, in the Southeast Whites make up 49.9% of the population, Pardo (brown) 38.7%, Blacks 10.6%, Yellow (Asian descent) 0.7% and Indigenous 0.1%. [78] The Southeastern region of Brazil is the most ethnically diverse and most populated part of the country.
Population and population change in Brazil by federal unit; Rank Federal Unit Population as of 2010 census [6] Population as of 2022 census [1] Change Percent change Percent of Brazil 1 São Paulo: 41,262,199 44,411,238 3,149,039 7.63% 21.87% 2 Minas Gerais: 19,597,330 20,539,989 942,569 4.81% 10.11% 3 Rio de Janeiro: 15,989,929 16,055,174 ...
Population distribution in Brazil. Brazil has a high level of urbanization with 87.8% [1] of the population residing in urban and metropolitan areas. The criteria used by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) [2] in determining whether households are urban or rural, however, are based on political divisions, not on the developed environment.
According to the 1920 census, 35% of São Paulo's inhabitants were foreign born, compared to 36% in New York City. São Paulo's multicultural population could be compared to any major American, Canadian or Australian city. About 75% of the immigrants were Latin Europeans, particularly from three major sources: Italy, Portugal and Spain.
In 2010, São Paulo had 62 municipal and state parks, [49] such as the Cantareira State Park, part of the São Paulo Green Belt Biosphere Reserve and home to one of the largest urban forests on the planet with 7,900 hectares (20,000 acres) of extension, [50] the Fontes do Ipiranga State Park, the Ibirapuera Park, the Tietê Ecological Park, the ...
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.
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]).