Greater São Paulo () is a nonspecific term for one of the multiple definitions of the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil.

Metropolitan Area

A legally defined specific term, Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP), one definition for Metropolitan São Paulo, consists of 39 municipalities, including the state capital, São Paulo.Lei Complementar nº 1.139, de 16 de junho de 2011

The RMSP of São Paulo is known as a financial and economic centre of Brazil, with a total population of 21,555,260 inhabitants (2025 population estimatesCenso do IBGE 2022: consulte a população atualizada por cidade). The largest municipalities are São Paulo, with a population of 11,451,245, Guarulhos with a population of 1,291,784 people, plus several municipalities with more than 500,000 inhabitants, such as São Bernardo do Campo (810,729 inh.) and Santo André (748,919 inh.) in the ABC Region. The ABC Region (from Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul) in the south of Grande São Paulo is an important location for industrial corporations, such as Volkswagen and Ford. It represents the "core" cities of the greater region.

Extended Metropolitan Area

The extended metropolitan area of São Paulo () is an agglomeration of five contiguous metropolitan areas that have grown into one another and three microregions, dominated by São Paulo. It has more than 33 million inhabitants, which is 75% of the population of the entire state of São Paulo, and consists of the contiguous entities:

RegionPopulationSeat cityPopulation 1 Metropolitan Region of São Paulo São Paulo 2 Metropolitan Region of Campinas Campinas 3 Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte São José dos Campos 4 Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba Sorocaba 5 Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista Santos 6 Metropolitan Region of Piracicaba Piracicaba 7 Metropolitan Region of Jundiaí Jundiaí 8 Regional Unit of Bragança Paulista city Bragança Paulista São Paulo Macrometropolis

RMSP statistics

Territorial area: 7,947 km2 Urban area: 2,139 km2 Population: 23,455,256IBGE (Brazilian Geographic and Statistical Institute) estimate for July 1, 2006 GDP: R$ 1,140 trillion Latitude: 23 533S Longitude: 46 617W

Municipalities in RMSP

+ Greater São Paulo Population Statistics by Municipality Municipality Area (km2) 1991 2000 2022 GDP (2005) Census Density(Inhab/km2)IBGE Cidades Census Density(Inhab/km2) Census Density(Inhab/km2) Arujá 97 37,622 388 59,185 610 86,678 901 934,992,000 Barueri 65 130,799 2,044 208,281 3,254 316,473 4,816 22,430,475,000 Biritiba-Mirim 317 17,833 56 24,653 78 29,676 93 164,634,000 Caieiras 97 39,069 407 71,221 742 95,030 973 1,040,734,000 Cajamar 131 33,736 264 50,761 397 92,689 705 1,915,590,000 Carapicuíba 35 283,661 8,105 344,596 9,846 387,121 11,205 1,915,285,000 Cotia 324 107,453 332 148,987 460 273,640 844 3,472,181,000 Diadema 31 305,287 9,848 357,064 11,518 393,237 12,795 7,344,570,000 Embu 70 155,990 2,228 207,663 2,967 250,720 3,561 1,834,260,000 Embu-Guaçu 155 36,277 234 56,916 367 66,970 430 366,844,000 Ferraz de Vasconcelos 30 96,166 3,206 142,377 4,746 179,205 6,065 793,081,000 Francisco Morato 49 83,885 1,712 133,738 2,729 165,139 3,370 512,822,000 Franco da Rocha 133 85,535 638 108,122 807 144,849 1090 1,186,777,000 Guararema 271 17,961 66 21,904 81 31,236 115 364,164,000 Guarulhos 318 787,866 2,478 1,072,717 3,373 1,291,784 4,053 21,615,314,000 Itapevi 82 107,976 1,187 162,433 1,785 232,513 2,812 1,809,328,000 Itapecerica da Serra 151 85,640 567 129,685 859 158,522 1,052 1,925,151,000 Itaquaquecetuba 82 164,957 2,012 272,942 3,329 369,275 4,469 1,733,662,000 Jandira 18 62,697 3,483 91,807 5,100 118,045 6,765 1,091,263,000 Juquitiba 522 19,969 38 26,459 51 27,404 52 176,268,000 Mairiporã 321 39,937 124 60,111 187 93,617 291 606,428,000 Mauá 62 294,998 4,758 363,392 5,861 418,261 6,753 4,861,255,000 Mogi das Cruzes 712 273,175 384 330,241 464 449,955 631 4,425,513,000 Osasco 65 568,225 8,742 652,593 10,040 743,432 11,445 18,310,452,000 Pirapora do Bom Jesus 108 7,956 74 12,395 115 18,370 169 110,396,000 Poá 17 76,302 4,488 95,801 5,635 103,765 6,010 1,459,161,000 Ribeirão Pires 99 85,085 859 104,508 1,056 115,559 1,167 1,141,011,000 Rio Grande da Serra 36 29,901 808 37,091 1,002 44,170 1,215 239,390,000 Salesópolis 426 11,359 27 14,357 34 15,202 35 137,580,000 Santa Isabel 363 37,975 105 43,740 121 53,174 146 359,216,000 Santana de Parnaíba 179 37,762 205 74,828 407 154,105 856 2,245,994,000 Santo André 175 616,991 3,526 649,331 3,710 748,919 4,260 11,426,975,000 São Bernardo do Campo 406 566,893 1,396 703,177 1,732 810,729 1,979 19,446,018,000 São Caetano do Sul 15 149,519 9,968 140,159 9,344 165,655 10,805 8,003,490,000 São Lourenço da Serra 187 7,506 40 12,199 65 15,984 85 120,750,000 São Paulo 1,521 9,646,185 6,334 10,434,252 6,851 11,451,245 7,527 263,177,148,000 Suzano 206 158,839 771 228,690 1,110 307,364 1,490 4,289,553,000 Taboão da Serra 20 160,084 8,004 197,644 9,882 273,542 13,416 3,089,793,000 Vargem Grande Paulista 42 15,870 467 32,683 961 50,333 1,184 421,724,000 Total 7,943 15,230,140 1,917 17,614,036 2,218 20,743,587 2,610 416,499,242,000

Transport

Being the most industrialized region of the country as well as the most populated, the transportation plays an important role. The main highways (rodovias) of the area are:

Rodovia Anhanguera Rodovia dos Imigrantes Rodovia Anchieta Rodovia dos Bandeirantes Rodovia Presidente Dutra Rodovia Ayrton Senna Rodovia Castelo Branco Rodovia Fernão Dias Rodovia Raposo Tavares Rodovia Régis Bittencourt Rodoanel Mário Covas

The São Paulo Metro and the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos provide rail-based transit within the metropolitan area.

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