São Paulo macrometropolis

Satellite imagery of the Expanded Metropolitan Complex at night.
Greater São Paulo and Expanded Metropolitan Complex at night.
The macrometropolis and its divisions.
  Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, the core of the macrometropolis
  Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista
  Metropolitan Region of Campinas
  Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
  Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba
  Jundiaí Urban Agglomeration
  Piracicaba Urban Agglomeration
  Regional Unit of Bragança Paulista city

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 São Paulo's 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]

Beyond the Greater São Paulo, the megalopolis encompasses the metropolitan areas of Campinas, Santos, Sorocaba and the Paraíba Valley, and other nearby cities, which include urban agglomerations in the conurbation process, as 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]

Divisions

Region[8][9] Population Seat city Population
1 Metropolitan Region of São Paulo 21,860,000 São Paulo 12,310,000
2 Metropolitan Region of Campinas 3,300,000 Campinas 1,215,000
3 Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte 2,550,000 São José dos Campos 725,000
4 Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba 2,150,000 Sorocaba 685,000
5 Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista 1,880,000 Santos 435,000
6 Piracicaba Urban Agglomeration 1,500,000 Piracicaba 410,000
7 Jundiaí Urban Agglomeration 825,000 Jundiaí 425,000
8 Regional Unit of Bragança Paulista city 480,000 Bragança Paulista 170,000
São Paulo Macrometropolis 34,500,000

Biggest Municipalities

1,000,000+

500,000–999,999

200,000–499,999

100,000–199,999

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Zioni, Silvana; Silva, Gerardo; Passarelli, Silvia Helena (2011), Structuring dynamics of São Paulo macrometropolis: perspectives and strategies for rail infrastructure re-functioning.ZIONI, ; , ; , .
  2. ^ a b "Macrometrópole Paulista". Emplasa. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  3. ^ "Os eixos de desenvolvimento e a estruturação urbano-industrial do estado de São Paulo, Brasil". www.ub.es. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  4. ^ Eugenio Fernandes Queiroga (May 2005). "A Megalópole do Sudeste Brasileiro: a formação de uma nova entidade urbana para além das noções de macro-metrópole e de complexo metropolitano expandido". Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Planejamento Urbano e Regional. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  5. ^ "World Gazetteer – Welt: Ballungsräume". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  6. ^ a b c Diego Zanchetta (2008-08-03). "A primeira macrometrópole do hemisfério sul". O Estado de S. Paulo. Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  7. ^ Secretaria de Planamento de São Paulo, ed. (2007). "CAPÍTULO II DESENVOLVIMENTO REGIONAL E METROPOLITANO" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  8. ^ "IBGE releases population estimates for municipalities in 2016". IBGE. 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  9. ^ "Estimativas populacionais para os municípios e para as Unidades da Federação brasileiros em 01.07.2016". IBGE. 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-08-30.