Greater São Paulo

The Greater São Paulo ("Grande São Paulo", in Portuguese) is a "nonspecific" term for the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil.

Definitions

1. A "legally defined" specific term, "Região Metropolitana São Paulo" (RMSP), one definition for Metropolitan São Paulo, consists of 39 municipalities, including the capital, São Paulo.

The RMSP of São Paulo is known as a financial and economic centre of Brazil, with a total population of 19.8 million inhabitants. The largest municipalities are Guarulhos with a population of more than 1.2 million people, plus several municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, such as São Bernardo do Campo (703,000 inh.) and Santo André (649,000 inh.) in the ABC Region. The ABC Region in the south of Grande São Paulo is an important location for industrial corporations, such as Volkswagen and Ford.

2. The extended metropolitan area of São Paulo ("Complexo Metropolitano Estendido de São Paulo") consists of the contiguous entities:

RMSP Statistics

* Territorial area: 8,051 km²
* Urban area: 2,139 km²
* Population: 19,677,506 [ [http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2006/POP_2006_DOU.pdf IBGE (Brazilian Geographic and Statistical Institute) estimate for July 1, 2006] ]
* Latitude: 23 533S
* Longitude: 46 617W

Municipalities in RMSP

The 39 municipalities of the area are:

# Arujá
# Barueri
# Biritiba-Mirim
# Cajamar
# Caieiras
# Carapicuíba
# Cotia
# Diadema
# Embu
# Embu-Guaçu
# Ferraz de Vasconcelos
# Francisco Morato
# Franco da Rocha
# Guararema
# Guarulhos
# Itapevi
# Itaquaquecetuba
# Itapecerica da Serra
# Jandira
# Juquitiba
# Mairiporã
# Mauá
# Mogi das Cruzes
# Osasco
# Pirapora do Bom Jesus
# Poá
# Ribeirão Pires
# Rio Grande da Serra
# Salesópolis
# Santa Isabel
# Santana de Parnaíba
# Santo André
# São Bernardo do Campo
# São Caetano do Sul
# São Lourenço da Serra
# São Paulo
# Suzano
# Taboão da Serra
# Vargem Grande Paulista

For more details about São Caetano do Sul, Santo André and São Bernardo do Campo see ABC Region.

Transport

Being the most industrialized region of the country as well as the most populated, the transportation plays an important role. The main higways of the area are:

*Rodovia Anhangüera
*Rodovia dos Imigrantes
*Rodovia Anchieta
*Rodovia dos Bandeirantes
*Rodovia Presidente Dutra
*Rodovia Ayrton Senna
*Rodovia Castelo Branco
*Rodovia Fernão Dias
*Rodovia Raposo Tavares
*Rodovia Régis Bittencourt
*Rodoanel Mário Covas

Notes and references

External links

* [http://escola.edunet.sp.gov.br/Map_GSP_Diretoria.asp Map]