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São Paulo macrometropolis

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São Paulo macrometropolis
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The São Paulo Macrometropolis (Portuguese: Macrometrópole de São Paulo) or São Paulo Megalopolis (Portuguese: Megalópole de São Paulo),[1][2] also known as Expanded Metropolitan Complex (Portuguese: Complexo Metropolitano Expandido),[3] is a Brazilian megalopolis that emerged through the existing process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas located around the Greater São Paulo, with more than 30 million inhabitants, or 74 percent of São Paulo State's population,[2] and is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.[4][5][6][7]

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Satellite imagery of the Expanded Metropolitan Complex at night.
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Greater São Paulo and Expanded Metropolitan Complex at night.
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The macrometropolis and its divisions.
  Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, the core of the macrometropolis
  Regional Unit of Bragança Paulista city

Beyond the Greater São Paulo, the megalopolis encompasses the metropolitan areas of Campinas, Baixada Santista, Sorocaba, Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte, Jundiaí and Piracicaba. The total population of these areas added to the state capital exceeds 31.5 million inhabitants, or about 75% of the population of the entire state of São Paulo.[6]

The metropolitan complex is the only urban cluster (of agglomerations) of its kind in South America and covers an area of approximately 53 thousand square kilometers, connecting 174 municipalities and retains much of the industrial and economic output of the country.[6]

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Divisions

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Biggest Municipalities

1,000,000+

500,000–999,999

200,000–499,999

100,000–199,999

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See also

Notes and references

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