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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.
"Founding of São Vicente", by Benedito Calixto. The first European settlements in São Paulo were unofficial. Cosme Fernandes Pessoa [], a Portuguese exile and castaway known as "the Bachelor of Cananéia", is considered the original founder of the São Vicente settlement by many historians.
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.
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]
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 ...
This is a list of the 645 municipalities of the state of São Paulo by territorial area (data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). The state occupies an area of 248,219.485 km 2. [1]
The Universidade de São Paulo (English: University of São Paulo, USP) is a public research university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, and the largest public university in Brazil. Since its founding, the university has maintained its status as the country's most prestigious educational institution.