Settlement Type: | Microregion |
Official Name: | Microregion of Sorocaba |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
Subdivision Name3: | Macro Metropolitan Paulista |
Area Total Km2: | 4,202 |
Timezone: | UTC-3 |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Timezone Dst: | UTC-2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -2 |
The Microregion of Sorocaba (Portuguese: Microrregião de Sorocaba) is a microregion in the central part of São Paulo State, Brazil.
The microregion consists of the following municipalities:[1]
Many people travel to São Paulo to work during the week, particularly from the larger of the municipalities. Those who work in São Paulo and thereby earn higher wages than obtainable locally can usually afford larger houses due to the lower cost of living outside of São Paulo. In the smaller towns such as Votorantim there is a lot of agricultural employment.