The São Paulo Macrometropolis[1] (
Portuguese: Macrometrópole Paulista),[2] also known as Expanded Metropolitan Complex[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]
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