Greater São Paulo Explained

Greater São Paulo
Native Name:Grande São Paulo
Subdivision Type:Country
Seat Type:Core city
Population Metro:23,443,587
Area Urban Km2:2139
Area Metro Km2:7947
Population Density Metro Km2:auto
Demographics Type2:GDP
Demographics2 Title1:Metro
Demographics2 Info1:R$ 1.621 trillion
US$ 314.5 billion (2022)
Demographics2 Title2:Per capita
Demographics2 Info2:R$ 78,140
US$ 15,159 (2022)

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.[1]

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[2]). 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

See main article: São Paulo Macrometropolis. The extended metropolitan area of São Paulo (Portuguese: 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 DistrictPopulation (2016 IBGE estimate)[3] Seat cityPopulation (2016 IBGE estimate)[4]
Metropolitan Region of São PauloSão Paulo
Metropolitan Region of CampinasCampinas
Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral NorteSão José dos Campos
Metropolitan Region of SorocabaSorocaba
Metropolitan Region of Baixada SantistaSantos
Piracicaba Urban AgglomerationPiracicaba
Jundiaí Urban AgglomerationJundiaí
Bragança Paulista regionBragança Paulista
CME São Paulo (Extended Metropolitan Complex of São Paulo)

RMSP statistics

Municipalities in RMSP

Greater São Paulo Population Statistics by Municipality
MunicipalityArea (km2)199120002022GDP (2005)[7]
Census <-- 1991 -->Density
(Inhab/km2)[8]
Census <-- 2000 -->Density
(Inhab/km2)
Census <-- 2022 -->Density
(Inhab/km2)
Arujá97 37,622 388 59,185 610 86,678 901 934,992,000
Barueri65 130,799 2,044 208,281 3,254 316,473 4,816 22,430,475,000
Biritiba-Mirim317 17,833 56 24,653 78 29,676 93 164,634,000
Caieiras97 39,069 407 71,221 742 95,030 973 1,040,734,000
Cajamar131 33,736 264 50,761 397 92,689 705 1,915,590,000
Carapicuíba35 283,661 8,105 344,596 9,846 387,121 11,205 1,915,285,000
Cotia324 107,453 332 148,987 460 273,640 844 3,472,181,000
Diadema31 305,287 9,848 357,064 11,518 393,237 12,795 7,344,570,000
Embu70 155,990 2,228 207,663 2,967 250,720 3,561 1,834,260,000
Embu-Guaçu155 36,277 234 56,916 367 66,970 430 366,844,000
Ferraz de Vasconcelos30 96,166 3,206 142,377 4,746 179,205 6,065 793,081,000
Francisco Morato49 83,885 1,712 133,738 2,729 165,139 3,370 512,822,000
Franco da Rocha133 85,535 638 108,122 807 144,849 1090 1,186,777,000
Guararema271 17,961 66 21,904 81 31,236 115 364,164,000
Guarulhos318 787,866 2,478 1,072,717 3,373 1,291,784 4,053 21,615,314,000
Itapevi82 107,976 1,187 162,433 1,785 232,513 2,812 1,809,328,000
Itapecerica da Serra151 85,640 567 129,685 859 158,522 1,052 1,925,151,000
Itaquaquecetuba82 164,957 2,012 272,942 3,329 369,275 4,469 1,733,662,000
Jandira18 62,697 3,483 91,807 5,100 118,045 6,765 1,091,263,000
Juquitiba522 19,969 38 26,459 51 27,404 52 176,268,000
Mairiporã321 39,937 124 60,111 187 93,617 291 606,428,000
Mauá62 294,998 4,758 363,392 5,861 418,261 6,753 4,861,255,000
Mogi das Cruzes712 58,374 82 65,574 92 449,955 631 4,425,513,000
Osasco65 568,225 8,742 652,593 10,040 743,432 11,445 18,310,452,000
Pirapora do Bom Jesus108 7,956 74 12,395 115 18,370 169 110,396,000
Poá17 76,302 4,488 95,801 5,635 103,765 6,010 1,459,161,000
Ribeirão Pires99 85,085 859 104,508 1,056 115,559 1,167 1,141,011,000
Rio Grande da Serra36 29,901 808 37,091 1,002 44,170 1,215 239,390,000
Salesópolis426 11,359 27 14,357 34 15,202 35 137,580,000
Santa Isabel363 37,975 105 43,740 121 53,174 146 359,216,000
Santana de Parnaíba179 37,762 205 74,828 407 154,105 856 2,245,994,000
Santo André175 616,991 3,526 649,331 3,710 748,919 4,260 11,426,975,000
São Bernardo do Campo406 566,893 1,396 703,177 1,732 810,729 1,979 19,446,018,000
São Caetano do Sul15 149,519 9,968 140,159 9,344 165,655 10,805 8,003,490,000
São Lourenço da Serra187 7,506 40 12,199 65 15,984 85 120,750,000
São Paulo1,521 9,646,185 6,334 10,434,252 6,851 11,451,245 7,527 263,177,148,000
Suzano206 158,839 771 228,690 1,110 307,364 1,490 4,289,553,000
Taboão da Serra20 160,084 8,004 197,644 9,882 273,542 13,416 3,089,793,000
Vargem Grande Paulista42 15,870 467 32,683 961 50,333 1,184 421,724,000
Total7,943 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:

The São Paulo Metro and the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos provide rail-based transit within the metropolitan area.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://governo-sp.jusbrasil.com.br/legislacao/1028148/lei-complementar-1139-11 Lei Complementar nº 1.139, de 16 de junho de 2011
  2. https://exame.com/brasil/censo-do-ibge-2022-consulte-a-populacao-atualizada-por-cidade/ Censo do IBGE 2022: consulte a população atualizada por cidade
  3. News: IBGE divulga as estimativas populacionais dos municípios em 2016. 2016-08-30. Câmara de Gestão Pública – CGP. pt-BR. 2017-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20160926092548/http://cgp.cfa.org.br/ibge-divulga-as-estimativas-populacionais-dos-municipios-em-2016/. 2016-09-26. dead.
  4. Web site: Cidades IBGE. cidades.ibge.gov.br. 2017-01-29.
  5. News: Região Metropolitana de São Paulo. S.A. Empresa Paulista de Planejamento Metropolitano. EMPLASA. pt-BR. 2017-01-29. 2017-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20170103094051/https://www.emplasa.sp.gov.br/RMSP. dead.
  6. http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2006/POP_2006_DOU.pdf IBGE (Brazilian Geographic and Statistical Institute) estimate for July 1, 2006
  7. Web site: Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002–2005 . PDF . 19 December 2007 . Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . 5 July 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf . 2 October 2008 .
  8. http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php IBGE Cidades