São Paulo

Most populous city in Brazil

São Paulo (Portuguese: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the capital and largest city of the state of São Paulo. The largest city in Brazil, it is also the most populous city in South America, the Americas, and in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres. The city exerts international influence in commerce, finance, culture, gastronomy, arts, fashion, technology, entertainment and media, having been listed by UNESCO's Creative Cities Network as a "City of Film" and the title of "World Capital of Gastronomy", and by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an alpha global city.

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