Greater São Paulo

Extended Urban Area:

The Greater São Paulo () is a nanspecific term for ane o the multiple definitions the muckle metropolitan aurie locatit in the São Paulo state in Brazil.

Definitions

Metropolitan Aurie
A legally defined specific term, Região Metropolitana São Paulo (RMSP), ane definition for Metropolitan São Paulo, consists o 39 municipalities, includin the caipital, São Paulo.

The RMSP o São Paulo is kent as a financial an economic centre o Brazil, wi a total population o 19,683,975 indwallers (2010 Naitional Census). The mucklest municipalities are São Paulo, wi a population o 11,253,503, Guarulhos wi a population o 1,221,979 fowk, plus several municipalities wi mair nor 100,000 inhabitants, such as São Bernardo do Campo (765,463 inh.) an Santo André (676,407 inh.) in the ABC Region. The ABC Region (frae Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo an São Caetano do Sul) in the sooth o Grande São Paulo is an important location for industrial corporations, such as Volkswagen an Ford.  It represents the "core" ceeties o the greater region.

Extendit Metropolitan Aurie
The extendit metropolitan aurie o São Paulo (Complexo Metropolitano Estendido de São Paulo) is an agglomeration of 3 contiguous metropolitan auries that hae grown intae ane anither an 3 microregions, dominatit bi São Paulo, it consists o the contiguous entities:

Legally Defined DestrictPopulation (2009 IBGE estimate)Aurie (km²)Density (per km²)Microregion o Sorocaba(pt)  1,308,111  4,202  311Microregion o Jundiai(pt)   607,712 802.5   757Baixada Santista or Santos(RMBS, pt)  1,668,428  2,422 689Metro Region Campinas(pt)  2,770,862   3,645.6  760Microregion São José dos Campos(pt)  1,395,905  4,046  345Metropolitan Region São Paulo(RMSP, pt)  19,889,559  7,943.8  2,503CME São Paulo (Extendit Metropolitan Complex o São Paulo)  27,640,577  23,061.9  1,198

RMSP Statistics

 Territorial aurie: 8,051 km²
 Urban aurie: 2,139 km²
 Population: 19,677,506IBGE (Brazilian Geographic an Statistical Institute) estimate for 1 Julie 2006
 Latitude: 23 533S
 Langitude: 46 617W

Municipalities in RMSP

 N°  Municipality (Município)  Aurie (km2)  1991 census  Density (Inhab/km2)IBGE Cidades  2000 census  Density (Inhab/km2)  Estimate 2008  Density (Inhab/km2)  GDP (2005)1  Arujá  97  37,622  388  59,185  610  79,000  814  934,992,0002  Barueri  64  130,799  2,044  208,281  3,254  265,000  4,140  22,430,475,0003  Biritiba-Mirim  317  17,833  56  24,653  78  29,000  91  164,634,0004  Caieiras  96  39,069  407  71,221  742  87,000  906  1,040,734,0005  Cajamar  128  33,736  264  50,761  397  63,000  492  1,915,590,0006  Carapicuíba  35  283,661  8,105  344,596  9,846  389,000  11,114  1,915,285,0007  Cotia  324  107,453  332  148,987  460  179,000  552  3,472,181,0008  Diadema  31  305,287  9,848  357,064  11,518  394,000  12,709  7,344,570,0009  Embu  70  155,990  2,228  207,663  2,967  245,000  3,500  1,834,260,00010  Embu-Guaçu  155  36,277  234  56,916  367  62,000  400  366,844,00011  Ferraz de Vasconcelos  30  96,166  3,206  142,377  4,746  176,000  5,866  793,081,00012  Francisco Morato  49  83,885  1,712  133,738  2,729  155,000  3,163  512,822,00013  Franco da Rocha  134  85,535  638  108,122  807  129,000  962  1,186,777,00014  Guararema  271  17,961  66  21,904  81  27,000  99  364,164,00015  Guarulhos  318  787,866  2,478  1,072,717  3,373  1,279,000  4,022  21,615,314,00016  Itapevi  91  107,976  1,187  162,433  1,785  202,000  2,219  1,809,328,00017  Itapecerica da Serra  151  85,640  567  129,685  859  159,000  1,052  1,925,151,00018  Itaquaquecetuba  82  164,957  2,012  272,942  3,329  351,000  4,280  1,733,662,00019  Jandira  18  62,697  3,483  91,807  5,100  110,000  6,111  1,091,263,00020  Juquitiba  522  19,969  38  26,459  51  29,000  55  176,268,00021  Mairiporã  321  39,937  124  60,111  187  77,000  239  606,428,00022  Mauá  62  294,998  4,758  363,392  5,861  413,000  6,661  4,861,255,00023  Mogi das Cruzes  714  58,374  82  65,574  92  371,000  519  4,425,513,00024  Osasco  65  568,225  8,742  652,593  10,040  713,000  10,969  18,310,452,00025  Pirapora do Bom Jesus  108  7,956  74  12,395  115  15,000  138  110,396,00026  Poá  17  76,302  4,488  95,801  5,635  111,000  6,529  1,459,161,00027  Ribeirão Pires  99  85,085  859  104,508  1,056  111,000  1,121  1,141,011,00028  Rio Grande da Serra  37  29,901  808  37,091  1,002  41,000  1,108  239,390,00029  Salesópolis  426  11,359  27  14,357  34  16,000  37  137,580,00030  Santa Isabel  361  37,975  105  43,740  121  47,000  130  359,216,00031  Santana de Parnaíba  184  37,762  205  74,828  407  111,000  603  2,245,994,00032  Santo André  175  616,991  3,526  649,331  3,710  672,000  3,840  11,426,975,00033  São Bernardo do Campo  406  566,893  1,396  703,177  1,732  802,000  1,975  19,446,018,00034  São Caetano do Sul  15  149,519  9,968  140,159  9,344  151,000  10,066  8,003,490,00035  São Lourenço da Serra  187  7,506  40  12,199  65  18,000  96  120,750,00036  São Paulo  1,523  9,646,185  6,334  10,434,252  6,851  10,990,000  7,216  263,177,148,00037  Suzano  206  158,839  771  228,690  1,110  279,000  1,354  4,289,553,00038  Taboão da Serra  20  160,084  8,004  197,644  9,882  225,000  11,250  3,089,793,00039  Vargem Grande Paulista  34  15,870  467  32,683  961  44,000  1,294  421,724,000 -  Total  7,943  15,230,140  1,917  17,614,036  2,218  19,616,000  2,469  416,499,242,000

1,000,000+

São Paulo (11,038,000)
Guarulhos (1,279,000)

500,000-999,999

São Bernardo do Campo (802,000)
Osasco (713,000)
Santo André (672,000)

200,000-499,999

Mauá (413,000)
Diadema (394,000)
Carapicuíba (389,000)
Mogi das Cruzes (371,000)
Itaquaquecetuba (351,000)
Suzano (279,000)
Barueri (265,000)
Embu (245,000)
Taboão da Serra (225,000)
Itapevi (202,000)

100,000-199,999

Cotia (179,000)
Ferraz de Vasconcelos (176,000)
Itapecerica da Serra (159,000)
Francisco Morato (155,000)
São Caetano do Sul (151,000)
Franco da Rocha (129,000)
Poá (112,481)
Ribeirão Pires (112,020)
Santana de Parnaíba (111,000)
Jandira (110,000)

Unner 100,000

Caieiras (87,000)
Arujá (79,000)
Mairiporã (77,000)
Cajamar (63,000)
Embu-Guaçu (62,000)
Santa Isabel (47,000)
Vargem Grande Paulista (44,000)
Rio Grande da Serra (41,000)
Biritiba-Mirim (29,000)
Juquitiba (29,000)
Guararema (27,000)
São Lourenço da Serra (18,000)
Salesópolis (16,000)
Pirapora do Bom Jesus (15,000)

Transport

Being the maist industrialisit region o the kintra as well as the maist populatit, the transportation plays an important role. The main heichgates (rodovias) o the aurie 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 an references 

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