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This led wealthy coffee farmers to invest in industrial activities that turned São Paulo into Brazil's largest industrial hub. Crime rates consistently decreased in the 21st century. The citywide homicide rate was 6.56 in 2019, less than a fourth of the 27.38 national rate. [139] Air quality [57] has steadily increased during the modern era.
The Liberdade Street Fair (Portuguese: Feira de Arte e Artesanato da Liberdade or Feirinha da Liberdade) is an art and handicraft fair in the Liberdade district of São Paulo. This popular open air market began in 1975 [1] and operates every Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 6 pm near the Liberdade Metro station.
For the Association, the Paulista Antique Fair has a solid foundation for its success: the work of the Association of Antiquaries of São Paulo, responsible for administration, visual patterning, assembly, maintenance and realization of exhibitions conducted on Sundays at the free space under the MASP building (Esplanade Lina Bo Bardi). [3]
You might be surprised to learn that the Japanese population in São Paulo has grown in excess of 1.5 million. Sander said, as he understands it, the population of Japanese immigrants in São ...
It connects the Engenheiro Goulart Station in São Paulo to the Guarulhos Airport Station, in the city of Guarulhos. [2] Opened on March 31, 2018, it was the first line completely built and operated by CPTM. That makes São Paulo's Guarulhos Airport the first major international airport in South America to be directly served by train.
Most workers were subjected to long working hours—up to 16 hours a day—with little time for rest and leisure. These workers lived in precarious housing or, in the case of company towns, in residences subject to employer control. They suffered from transportation and infrastructure problems.
As a result, a platform was left vacant in Luz, allowing Line 7 to now use two platforms - one for boarding and another for disembarking. Luz station has the second-highest traffic level of all stations on São Paulo's metro-rail network, serving 147,000 passengers per day. [5] Only Brás station, with 150,000 passengers, is more frequented.
Comprising an area of 120,000 square metres (1,300,000 sq ft), the terminal operates 24 hours a day and serves 21 Brazilian states. [3] There are 65 bus companies, 135 ticket counters, and 304 bus lines, serving 1,010 cities in five countries (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay). [3]