São Paulo

São Paulo is the lairgest ceety o Brazil, the lairgest ceety in the soothren hemisphere, an the warld's 7t lairgest metropolitan aurie. The ceety is the caipital o the state o São Paulo, the maist populous Brazilian state. The name o the ceety honors Saunt Paul. São Paulo exerts strang regional influence in commerce an finance as well as airts an entertainment. São Paulo is considered an Alpha - Warld Ceety.^[3]

For ither uises, see São Paulo (disambiguation).

São Paulo
Municipality
Município de São Paulo Municipality o São Paulo
Photo montage o the ceety o São Paulo. Frae the top, left tae richt: São Paulo Cathedral; Unitit Naitions Business Center; São Paulo Museum o Airt on Paulista Avenue; Paulista Museum; Bandeiras Monument; Octávio Frias de Oliveira Brig; an owerview o the historic dountoun frae Altino Arantes Biggin.
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  Terra da Garoa (Land o Drizzle) an Sampa
Motto(s):  "Non ducor, duco"  (Laitin) "A am no led, A lead"
São Paulo Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 23°33′S 46°38′W
Kintra	Brazil
Region	Sootheast
State	São Paulo
Foondit	1554
Govrenment
• Mayor	Gilberto Kassab (Democrats)
Area
• Municipality	1522.986 km2 (588.028 sq mi)
• Metro	7943.818 km2 (3,067.125 sq mi)
Elevation	760 m (2493.4 ft)
Population  (2011)[1][2]
• Municipality	11,316,149(1st)
• Density	7216.3/km2 (18,690/sq mi)
• Metro	19,889,559
• Metro density	2469.35/km2 (6,395.6/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Paulistano
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
Postal Code (CEP)	01000-000
Website	Ceety o São Paulo

The ceety haes mony laundmerks, sic as the Paulista Museum, the neo-gothic Metropolitan Sé Cathedral, the São Paulo Museum o Airt (MASP), the Monumento às Bandeiras (Portuguese for Monument tae the Banner) an Niemeyer's Ibirapuera Bienal Complex; an mair recently the Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge (Estaiada Bridge) in the Sooth Side. Paulista Avenue, in Midtoun, is the ceety´s maist important financial center.

The ceety is hame tae the São Paulo Stock Exchynge, or BOVESPA, the Future Markets, an the Cereal Market Stock Exchynges, the seicont lairgest stock exchynge in the Americas. São Paulo haes been hame tae several o the tallest buildins in Brazil, includin the Mirante do Vale Building^[4] an Itália Building.^[5]

Wi an estimatit population o 11,037,593 residents^[6] athin an aurie o 1,523 square kilometers (588.0 sq mi),^[7] São Paulo is the maist populous ceety proper in the Americas.^[8]

The ceety an aa lies at the centre o the hivily urbanized São Paulo metropolitan aurie, wi an estimatit 19,889,559 fowk in 2009^[9] ower 7,944 square kilometers (3,067.2 sq mi),^[10] is the lairgest metropolitan aurie in the naition. São Paulo metropolitan aurie is ranked as the seicont maist populous in the Americas.^[11]

Fowk frae the ceety o São Paulo are kent as paulistanos, while paulistas designates onyane frae the whole o São Paulo state, includin the paulistanos. The ceety's Latin motto, which it haes shared wi the battleship an the aircraft carrier named efter it, is Non dvcor, dvco, which translates as "A am no led, I lead."^[12]

A famous nickname for the ceety is "Sampa." São Paulo is kent for its unreliable wather, the size o its helicopter fleet, airchitectur, gastronomy, an multitude o skyscrapers an aw.^[13]

São Paulo at nicht

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Brazil

São Paulo is twinned wi:^[14]

	Americas		Europe		Asie		Africae
	Buenos Aires, Argentinae		Paris, Fraunce[15]		Yerevan, Armenie		Luanda, Angolae
	La Paz, Bolivie		Coimbra, Portugal		Beijing, Cheenae[16]		Bamako, Mali
	Toronto, Canadae		Milan, Italy[17]		Seoul, Sooth Korea[18]		Johannesburg, Sooth Africae
	Mexico Ceety, México		Funchal, Portugal		Tel Aviv, Israel[19]
	Chicago, Unitit States		Lisbon, Portugal		Amman, Jordan
	Asunción, Paraguay		Porto, Portugal		Damascus, Sirie
	Montevideo, Uruguay		Bucharest, Romanie		Osaka, Japan
	Lima, Peru		Cluj-Napoca, Romanie		Ningbo, Cheenae
	Mendoza, Argentinae		Barcelona, Spain[20]		Macau
			Córdoba, Spain[21]		New Delhi, Indie
			Santiago de Compostela, Spain		Naha, Japan[22]

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2. url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf IBGE
3. www.lboro.ac.uk The World According to GaWC 2008 – Retrieved on 2009-07-06
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5. "Edifício Itália, São Paulo". Cidade de São Paulo. Archived frae the original on 24 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
6. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; Estimativas das Populações Residentes, em 1o. De Julho de 2008.^{[deid airtin]} Zip-file from ftp-archive. Estimated population of municipalities in Brazil on 2008-07-01. Retrieved on 2008-10-14.
7. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; Resolução No. 05, de 10 de Outubro de 2002, Área Territorial: UF – São Paulo – SP - 35^{[deid airtin]} Pdf-file from ftp-archive. Areas of municipalities in São Paulo state. Retrieved on 2008-10-14.
8. "Citimayors website — Largest cities". Citymayors.com. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2010.
9. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; Estimativas das Populações Residentes, em 1o. De Julho de 2008.^{[deid airtin]} Zip-file from ftp-archive. Estimated population of municipalities in Brazil on 2008-07-01. 22,105,060 is the total population of the 39 municipalities within the official metropolitan area of São Paulo. Retrieved on 2008-10-14.
10. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; Resolução No. 05, de 10 de Outubro de 2002, Área Territorial: UF – São Paulo – SP - 35^{[deid airtin]} Pdf-file from ftp-archive. Areas of municipalities in São Paulo state. Total area of the 39 municipalities within the official metropolitan area of São Paulo. Retrieved on 2008-10-14.
11. Consejo Nacional de Población, México; Proyecciones de la Población de México 2005-2050 Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine The total population o Zona metropolitana del Valle de México (Distrito Federal plus 60 ither municipalities) wis estimatit tae 19,826,918 in 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
12. "E São Paulo". Navios De Guerra Brasileiros. Brazilian Navy. Archived frae the original on 3 Julie 2008. Retrieved 3 Mey 2009.
13. "São Paulo holds Gay Pride parade," BBC
14. "International Relations – São Paulo City Hall – Official Sister Cities". Prefeitura.sp.gov.br. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2010.
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16. "Sister Cities". Beijing Municipal Government. Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2010. Retrieved 23 Juin 2009.
17. "Milano – Città Gemellate". 2008 Municipality of Milan (Comune di Milano). Archived frae the original on 10 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 17 Julie 2009.
18. Seul Metropolitan Government. "International Cooperation: Sister Cities". Archived frae the original on 10 December 2007. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2012.
19. "Tel Aviv sister cities" (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality. Archived frae the original on 14 Februar 2009. Retrieved 14 Julie 2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
20. "Barcelona internacional – Ciutats agermanades" (in Catalan). 2006–2009 Ajuntament de Barcelona. Archived frae the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 13 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)
21. "Os contatos internacionais do município de Limeira: pautas para o intercâmbio e o desenvolvimento" (in Portuguese). Revista Jurídica Netlegis. Archived frae the original on 17 Mey 2012. Retrieved 24 Mairch 2010.
22. "Naha Sister Cities". City.naha.okinawa.jp. Archived frae the original on 9 Mey 2007. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2010.

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