page_title: São Paulo
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: São Paulo / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Mapa da cidade de São Paulo
context_page_description: São Paulo is the capital of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the biggest city in the Southern Hemisphere.
  The city has an area of 1,523 km² and more than 11 million people live there. It is the 11th most populous city on Earth.
context_section_description: São Paulo is crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn. It is in a plateau (a high flat area), 760 metres above the sea level.
  Because of its altitude, its climate (subtropical) is not so warm as it is near the coast. São Paulo is 70 km far from the coast, 420 km far from Rio de Janeiro, and 1,020 km far from Brasília, the Brazilian capital city.
  The metropolitan area formed by São Paulo and 39 surroundings cities is the biggest in the Latin America. More than 19 million people live in this metropolitan area, which is also called Greater São Paulo and is the fifth biggest of the world.
caption: São Paulo and its subdivisons
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