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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.
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 ...
Demands for a São Paulo government soon appeared, which, in the version of the winners of the Brazilian Revolution of 1930, was seen as an attempt to restore the hegemonic groups in São Paulo, whose economic and political interests were being harmed by the new situation. [29]
The state of São Paulo, being the most industrialized state in the federation, is the largest producer and consumer of national energy. [citation needed] São Paulo has more Hydroelectric Power Plants than any other state, also having a thermoelectric plant, also known to be the largest in Latin America. [citation needed]
São Paulo's executive branch is headed by the governor. Since 1965, it has been based in the Bandeirantes Palace, built in the 1950s in Morumbi.The governor and vice-governor are elected by universal suffrage and direct and secret ballot by the population for 4-year terms, with the possibility of re-election for another consecutive term.
It was with the end of the Second Reign that the city of São Paulo, as well as the state of São Paulo, took great advantage of the situation and had considerable economic and population growth, a result of the milk coffee politics and structural changes of federalism in Brazil by the state of São Paulo, with the help of Minas Gerais. In 1890 ...
The following list of municipalities in the state of São Paulo is compiled from these charts. The list is sorted by "2019 (estimate)" column. On the "Population 2010" column, some municipalities are not in decreasing sequence.
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.