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São Paulo (Portuguese for Saint Paul) is the capital of the state of São Paulo in southeastern Brazil. It is located at 23°32′36″S, 46°37′59″W, 400 km (250 miles) from Rio de Janeiro, and 1,030 km (640 miles) from federal capital Brasília.

The city has an area of 1,523.0 square kilometres (588.0 sq. miles) and a population of approximately 10.9 million (2005 IBGE estimate), which makes it the largest and most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere and a global city.

19 million people live in the greater São Paulo metropolitan area — making it one of the five most populous in the world. The estimated population for 2050 is 21 million, due to urbanisation and the rapid increase in the number of migrants. The state of São Paulo is also highly populated, with major cities including Campinas, São José dos Campos, Ribeirão Preto, Sorocaba, and Santos and a population of over 40 million.

People from the city of São Paulo are called paulistanos, while paulista designates anyone from the whole of São Paulo state, including the paulistanos. The city's motto is Non ducor, duco, which is Latin for "I am not led, I lead".

Physical setting
São Paulo is located on a plateau that is part of the Serra do Mar (Portuguese for "Maritime Range"), itself part of the vast region known as the Brazilian Highlands, with an average elevation around 800m (2,625 ft) - though at a distance of only about 70 km (40mi) from the Atlantic Ocean. This distance is covered by two highways (Anchieta and Imigrantes, see "Transportation" section below) that roll down the range, leading to the port city of Santos and the beach resort of Guarujá. Because of such setting, rolling terrain prevails within the urbanized areas of São Paulo. To the north, the Serra da Cantareira (Cantareira Range) offers higher elevations and a sizable remnant of the Atlantic Rain Forest. The whole region is very tectonically stable, and no significant seismic activity has ever been recorded.

Location of the Metropolitan RegionThe Tietê River was once a source of freshwater and recreation for São Paulo. However, in the latter half of the 20th century, like its tributary, the Pinheiros, it became grossly polluted by raw sewage and industrial effluents. A substantial clean-up program for both rivers has met with some success. Neither is navigable in the stretch that flows through the city, but transportation is important on the Tietê further downstream, as the river is part of the River Plate basin.

The building-dense Avenida Paulista surroundings as seen from the mostly low-rise neighborhood of JardinsThere are no large natural lakes in the region, but the Guarapiranga and Billings reservoirs are used for power generation, water storage, and recreation.

The original flora consisted mainly of a great variety of broadleaf evergreens. Today, non-native species are common, as the mild climate and abundant rainfall permit a multitude of tropical, subtropical and temperate plants to be cultivated, with eucalyptus being especially ubiquitous.

Climate
Though thought of as drizzly and rather cool by some Brazilians, São Paulo's climate is by world standards actually warm and mild. The temperature ranges are comparable to such cities as Los Angeles and Mexico City, which are renowned for their pleasant climate. Summer temperatures seldom reach 30°C (86°F), and frost is extremely rare. All-time record temperatures are 38°C (100°F) and 0°C (32°F). Rainfall is abundant, especially in the warmer months. Snow is unknown in the area, as are tropical cyclones, while tornadic activity is uncommon.

State	HASC	FIPS	Tz	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital	Reg	Adjective	CEP
Acre	`BR.AC`	`BR01`	-5	557,526	152,522	58,889	Rio Branco	N	acreano	699-699
Alagoas	`BR.AL`	`BR02`	-3	2,822,621	27,819	10,741	Maceió	NE	alagoano	570-579
Amapá	`BR.AP`	`BR03`	-3	477,032	142,816	55,142	Macapá	N	amapaense	685-689
Amazonas	`BR.AM`	`BR04`	-4	2,812,557	1,570,947	606,546	Manaus	N	amazonense	690-698
Bahia	`BR.BA`	`BR05`	-3	13,070,250	564,273	217,867	Salvador	NE	baiano	400-489
Ceará	`BR.CE`	`BR06`	-3	7,430,661	145,712	56,260	Fortaleza	NE	cearense	600-639
Distrito Federal	`BR.DF`	`BR07`	-3 ~	2,051,146	5,802	2,240	Brasília	CO	brasiliense	700-709
Espírito Santo	`BR.ES`	`BR08`	-3 ~	3,097,232	46,047	17,779	Vitória	SD	capixaba	290-299
Goiás	`BR.GO`	`BR29`	-3 ~	5,003,228	340,118	131,320	Goiânia	CO	goiano	740-774
Maranhão	`BR.MA`	`BR13`	-3	5,651,475	331,918	128,154	São Luís	NE	maranhense	650-659
Mato Grosso	`BR.MT`	`BR14`	-4	2,504,353	903,386	348,799	Cuiabá	CO	matogrossense	780-788
Mato Grosso do Sul	`BR.MS`	`BR11`	-4 ~	2,078,001	357,140	137,893	Campo Grande	CO	sul-mato-grossense	790-799
Minas Gerais	`BR.MG`	`BR15`	-3 ~	17,891,494	586,552	226,469	Belo Horizonte	SD	mineiro	300-399
Pará	`BR.PA`	`BR16`	-3	6,192,307	1,247,703	481,741	Belém	N	paraense	660-684
Paraíba	`BR.PB`	`BR17`	-3	3,443,825	56,341	21,753	João Pessoa	NE	paraibano	580-589
Paraná	`BR.PR`	`BR18`	-3 ~	9,563,458	199,282	76,943	Curitiba	S	paranaense	800-869
Pernambuco	`BR.PE`	`BR30`	-3	7,918,344	98,527	38,041	Recife	NE	pernambucano	500-569
Piauí	`BR.PI`	`BR20`	-3	2,843,278	251,312	97,032	Teresina	NE	piauiense	640-649
Rio de Janeiro	`BR.RJ`	`BR21`	-3 ~	14,391,282	43,797	16,910	Rio de Janeiro	SD	fluminense	200-289
Rio Grande do Norte	`BR.RN`	`BR22`	-3	2,776,782	53,077	20,493	Natal	NE	potiguar	590-599
Rio Grande do Sul	`BR.RS`	`BR23`	-3 ~	10,187,798	281,734	108,778	Porto Alegre	S	gaúcho	900-999
Rondônia	`BR.RO`	`BR24`	-4	1,379,787	237,565	91,724	Porto Velho	N	rondoniano	789-789
Roraima	`BR.RR`	`BR25`	-4	324,397	224,118	86,532	Boa Vista	N	roraimense	690-698
Santa Catarina	`BR.SC`	`BR26`	-3 ~	5,356,360	95,285	36,790	Florianópolis	S	catarinense	870-899
São Paulo	`BR.SP`	`BR27`	-3 ~	37,032,403	248,177	95,822	São Paulo	SD	paulista	000-199
Sergipe	`BR.SE`	`BR28`	-3	1,784,475	21,962	8,480	Aracaju	NE	sergipano	490-499
Tocantins	`BR.TO`	`BR31`	-3	1,157,098	277,298	107,065	Palmas	N	tocantinense	775-779
27 divisions				169,799,170	8,514,215	3,287,357