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Sao Paulo[1] is a municipality and metropolis in Brazil. The city was founded in 1554 and remained relatively small until about 1870. Since then it has grown through urbanization into the largest city in all South America.
Understand
São Paulo is the economic and cultural center of Brazil. No less than 40% of Brazilian industrial production comes from this city. São Paulo is the capital of the eponymous state of São Paulo, which is the beating heart and engine of the Brazilian economy.
São Paulo was founded on January 25, 1554 by two Jesuit missionaries. For a long time the area remained isolated because the productivity of the local sugar cane plantations was not particularly high. It was not until the seventeenth century that wheat was grown for export in the area. The city was officially granted city rights in 1711.
On September 7, 1822, Brazil declared independence from Portugal in São Paulo.
In the nineteenth century, the city experienced a flourishing economic prosperity, mainly driven by the export of coffee. After the abolition of slavery in 1888, the city attracted waves of immigrants from Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany and other European countries to work in the coffee plantations. On the other hand, many ex-slaves moved to the city to find work.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the coffee price fell sharply and as a result, local entrepreneurs started investing in the industrial development of the city. The industrialization of the city attracted new contingents of overseas immigrants, including Italians, Japanese, Syrians and Lebanese.
Inhabitants
There are no precise figures for the total population of the São Paulo agglomeration. At the last census of October 2010, just over 22 million inhabitants were registered in the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area, not counting unregistered inhabitants of the favelas. This makes São Paulo one of the largest urban agglomerations in the world. In 2009, the agglomeration covered an area of more than 1500 km², three times the size of Paris.
Residents of São Paulo are also known as Paulistas. The ethnic composition of the population is very diverse.
So Paulo has one of the highest concentrations of residential towers in the world and has more than 18,000 buildings with a minimum of 15 floors. Because the city is relatively young, there are few old buildings. Many buildings had to be demolished to make way for modern high-rise buildings. In the center are most of the buildings from the late 19th to early 20th century. In the second half of the twentieth century, the business center moved to Avenida Paulista, near the Jardins district. In recent years, the Morumbi business district has gained significant importance.
Arrive
By plane
The international airport is Sao Paulo Guarulhos[2]. It processes flights to and from all continents and also many domestic flights.
Furthermore, there is the Congonhas airport[3], where TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 of TAM Linhas Aéreas crashed on 17 July 2007. This airport mainly handles domestic flights and is one of the busiest in Latin America.
By train
By car
Like any metropolis, São Paulo has a hectic car traffic. In order to relieve traffic pressure, every car has had one day a week since 1997 rodizio. Depending on the last number of your license plate (1&2 on Monday, 3&4 on Tuesday,...) it is forbidden to drive in the extended city center during rush hour (7am-10am and 5pm-8pm). This measure had a major effect on the traffic pressure, but from 2007 the traffic jams were longer again than before 1997. In order to relieve the traffic pressure, the state and city of São Paulo is investing in the Rodoanel, the large ring around the agglomeration and the Metro of Sao Paulo. São Paulo is connected to the city by the Presidente Dutra highway Rio de Janeiro.
By bus
By boat
Travel around
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By bike
By taxi
On foot
To look at
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To learn
To work
To buy
Food
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Going out
To sleep
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- Ibis Paulista Hotel[4]Tel: (55)11/35233000, Avenida Paulista 2355, Bela Vista; Prices: from R$ 219,- per night.
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