# Greater São Paulo

Greater São Paulo (Portuguese: Grande São Paulo) is a nonspecific term for one of the multiple definitions of the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil.

## Metropolitan Area

A legally defined specific term, Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP), one definition for Metropolitan São Paulo, consists of 39 municipalities, including the state capital, São Paulo.
The RMSP of São Paulo is known as a financial and economic centre of Brazil, with a total population of 20,743,587 inhabitants (2022 census). The largest municipalities are São Paulo, with a population of 11,451,245, Guarulhos with a population of 1,291,784 people, plus several municipalities with more than 500,000 inhabitants, such as São Bernardo do Campo (810,729 inh.) and Santo André (748,919 inh.) in the ABC Region. The ABC Region (from Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul) in the south of Grande São Paulo is an important location for industrial corporations, such as Volkswagen and Ford. It represents the "core" cities of the greater region.

### Extended Metropolitan Area

The extended metropolitan area of São Paulo (Complexo Metropolitano Estendido de São Paulo) is an agglomeration of five contiguous metropolitan areas that have grown into one another and three microregions, dominated by São Paulo. It has more than 33 million inhabitants, which is 75% of the population of the entire state of São Paulo, and consists of the contiguous entities:
| Legally Defined District | Population (2016 IBGE estimate) | Seat city | Population (2016 IBGE estimate) |
| Metropolitan Region of São Paulo | 23,455,256 | São Paulo | 12,138,175 |
| Metropolitan Region of Campinas | 3,631,528 | Campinas | 1,173,370 |
| Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte | 2,575,879 | São José dos Campos | 888,792 |
| Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba | 2,108,425 | Sorocaba | 652,481 |
| Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista | 1,913,033 | Santos | 434,359 |
| Piracicaba Urban Agglomeration | 1,552,691 | Piracicaba | 394,419 |
| Jundiaí Urban Agglomeration | 780,927 | Jundiaí | 405,740 |
| Bragança Paulista region | 510,299 | Bragança Paulista | 162,435 |
| CME São Paulo (Extended Metropolitan Complex of São Paulo) | 36,315,721 | | |

## RMSP statistics

* Territorial area: 7,947 km$^2$
* Urban area: 2,139 km$^2$
* Population: 23,455,256
* GDP: R$ 1,140 trillion
* Latitude: 23 533S
* Longitude: 46 617W

## Municipalities in RMSP

Greater São Paulo Population Statistics by Municipality :
| Municipality | Area (km$^2$) | 1991 | 1991 | 2000 | 2000 | 2022 | 2022 | GDP (2005) |
| Municipality | Area (km$^2$) | Census | Density (Inhab/km$^2$) | Census | Density (Inhab/km$^2$) | Census | Density (Inhab/km$^2$) | GDP (2005) |
| Arujá | 97 | 37,622 | 388 | 59,185 | 610 | 86,678 | 901 | 934,992,000 |
| Barueri | 65 | 130,799 | 2,044 | 208,281 | 3,254 | 316,473 | 4,816 | 22,430,475,000 |
| Biritiba-Mirim | 317 | 17,833 | 56 | 24,653 | 78 | 29,676 | 93 | 164,634,000 |
| Caieiras | 97 | 39,069 | 407 | 71,221 | 742 | 95,030 | 973 | 1,040,734,000 |
| Cajamar | 131 | 33,736 | 264 | 50,761 | 397 | 92,689 | 705 | 1,915,590,000 |
| Carapicuíba | 35 | 283,661 | 8,105 | 344,596 | 9,846 | 387,121 | 11,205 | 1,915,285,000 |
| Cotia | 324 | 107,453 | 332 | 148,987 | 460 | 273,640 | 844 | 3,472,181,000 |
| Diadema | 31 | 305,287 | 9,848 | 357,064 | 11,518 | 393,237 | 12,795 | 7,344,570,000 |
| Embu | 70 | 155,990 | 2,228 | 207,663 | 2,967 | 250,720 | 3,561 | 1,834,260,000 |
| Embu-Guaçu | 155 | 36,277 | 234 | 56,916 | 367 | 66,970 | 430 | 366,844,000 |
| Ferraz de Vasconcelos | 30 | 96,166 | 3,206 | 142,377 | 4,746 | 179,205 | 6,065 | 793,081,000 |
| Francisco Morato | 49 | 83,885 | 1,712 | 133,738 | 2,729 | 165,139 | 3,370 | 512,822,000 |
| Franco da Rocha | 133 | 85,535 | 638 | 108,122 | 807 | 144,849 | 1090 | 1,186,777,000 |
| Guararema | 271 | 17,961 | 66 | 21,904 | 81 | 31,236 | 115 | 364,164,000 |
| Guarulhos | 318 | 787,866 | 2,478 | 1,072,717 | 3,373 | 1,291,784 | 4,053 | 21,615,314,000 |
| Itapevi | 82 | 107,976 | 1,187 | 162,433 | 1,785 | 232,513 | 2,812 | 1,809,328,000 |
| Itapecerica da Serra | 151 | 85,640 | 567 | 129,685 | 859 | 158,522 | 1,052 | 1,925,151,000 |
| Itaquaquecetuba | 82 | 164,957 | 2,012 | 272,942 | 3,329 | 369,275 | 4,469 | 1,733,662,000 |
| Jandira | 18 | 62,697 | 3,483 | 91,807 | 5,100 | 118,045 | 6,765 | 1,091,263,000 |
| Juquitiba | 522 | 19,969 | 38 | 26,459 | 51 | 27,404 | 52 | 176,268,000 |
| Mairiporã | 321 | 39,937 | 124 | 60,111 | 187 | 93,617 | 291 | 606,428,000 |
| Mauá | 62 | 294,998 | 4,758 | 363,392 | 5,861 | 418,261 | 6,753 | 4,861,255,000 |
| Mogi das Cruzes | 712 | 273,175 | 384 | 330,241 | 464 | 449,955 | 631 | 4,425,513,000 |
| Osasco | 65 | 568,225 | 8,742 | 652,593 | 10,040 | 743,432 | 11,445 | 18,310,452,000 |
| Pirapora do Bom Jesus | 108 | 7,956 | 74 | 12,395 | 115 | 18,370 | 169 | 110,396,000 |
| Poá | 17 | 76,302 | 4,488 | 95,801 | 5,635 | 103,765 | 6,010 | 1,459,161,000 |
| Ribeirão Pires | 99 | 85,085 | 859 | 104,508 | 1,056 | 115,559 | 1,167 | 1,141,011,000 |
| Rio Grande da Serra | 36 | 29,901 | 808 | 37,091 | 1,002 | 44,170 | 1,215 | 239,390,000 |
| Salesópolis | 426 | 11,359 | 27 | 14,357 | 34 | 15,202 | 35 | 137,580,000 |
| Santa Isabel | 363 | 37,975 | 105 | 43,740 | 121 | 53,174 | 146 | 359,216,000 |
| Santana de Parnaíba | 179 | 37,762 | 205 | 74,828 | 407 | 154,105 | 856 | 2,245,994,000 |
| Santo André | 175 | 616,991 | 3,526 | 649,331 | 3,710 | 748,919 | 4,260 | 11,426,975,000 |
| São Bernardo do Campo | 406 | 566,893 | 1,396 | 703,177 | 1,732 | 810,729 | 1,979 | 19,446,018,000 |
| São Caetano do Sul | 15 | 149,519 | 9,968 | 140,159 | 9,344 | 165,655 | 10,805 | 8,003,490,000 |
| São Lourenço da Serra | 187 | 7,506 | 40 | 12,199 | 65 | 15,984 | 85 | 120,750,000 |
| São Paulo | 1,521 | 9,646,185 | 6,334 | 10,434,252 | 6,851 | 11,451,245 | 7,527 | 263,177,148,000 |
| Suzano | 206 | 158,839 | 771 | 228,690 | 1,110 | 307,364 | 1,490 | 4,289,553,000 |
| Taboão da Serra | 20 | 160,084 | 8,004 | 197,644 | 9,882 | 273,542 | 13,416 | 3,089,793,000 |
| Vargem Grande Paulista | 42 | 15,870 | 467 | 32,683 | 961 | 50,333 | 1,184 | 421,724,000 |
| Total | 7,943 | 15,230,140 | 1,917 | 17,614,036 | 2,218 | 20,743,587 | 2,610 | 416,499,242,000 |

## Transport

Being the most industrialized region of the country as well as the most populated, the transportation plays an important role. The main highways (rodovias) of the area are:
* Rodovia Anhanguera
* 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
The São Paulo Metro and the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos provide rail-based transit within the metropolitan area.