ABOUT
SÃO PAULO

Listed by the GaWC as an alpha global city, the municipality of São Paulo is the most populous city proper in Brazil, the Americas, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the world's 4th largest city proper by population with around 12 million habitants.

The metropolitan region around 25 million and the state of São Paulo 48 million The city is the capital of the surrounding state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest state in Brazil.

It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The city has the 11th largest GDP in the world, representing alone 10.7% of all Brazilian GDP, and 36% of the production of goods and services in the state of São Paulo, being home to 63% of established multinationals in Brazil.

The city has cultural, economic and political influence nationally and internationally. In 2016, inhabitants of the city were native to over 200 different countries.

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