São Caetano do Sul
Municipality in Southeast Brazil, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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São Caetano do Sul (or São Caetano) (Saint Cajetan of the South. Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w kajˈtɐnu du ˈsuw]) is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo.[4] The population is 161,957 (2020 est.) in an area of 15.33 km2.[5] It is the city with the highest per capita income in Brazil (US$31,322.00 in 2010) and it also has the highest Human Development Index.
São Caetano do Sul | |
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Municipality | |
Município de São Caetano do Sul Municipality of São Caetano do Sul | |
Coordinates: 23°42′S 46°33′W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast Brazil |
State | São Paulo |
Named for | Saint Cajetan |
Government | |
• Mayor | Anacleto Campanella Jr |
Area | |
• Total | 15.33 km2 (5.92 sq mi) |
Elevation | 744 m (2,441 ft) |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 161,957 |
• Density | 11,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (BRST) |
HDI (2010) | 0.862[2] – very high[3] |
Website | São Caetano do Sul |
It is intensely conurbated with São Paulo, Santo André and São Bernardo do Campo, causing the physical limits between cities to be lost. São Caetano do Sul, together with Ferraz de Vasconcelos, is one of two cities in the state of São Paulo that are not crossed by any state or federal highway.