States or Territories

Sao Paulo

State

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Sao Paulo." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/sao-paulo-state.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Sao Paulo. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/sao-paulo-state

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-sao-paulo,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Sao Paulo},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/sao-paulo-state},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Sao Paulo is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil, named after Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast Region, bordered by Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio de Janeiro and Mato Grosso do Sul, plus the Atlantic Ocean. Its 2025 population was 46,081,801 across an area of 248,219.5 square kilometers, and its capital is the city of Sao Paulo.

Facts

Capital

Sao Paulo (city) 1

Population

46,081,801 1

2025 figure from Sao Paulo's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Area (sq km)

248,219.5 1

Latitude

22.07 degrees south 1

Longitude

48.4336 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Brazil

Sao Paulo is a state of Brazil.

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Sao Paulo

sao-paulo is associated with sao-paulo-state.

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Has Capital

Sao Paulo

sao-paulo is the capital of sao-paulo-state.

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On Continent

South America

Sao Paulo is on continent.

Source Sao Paulo (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Sao Paulo (Wikipedia)

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Sao Paulo is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast Region and is bordered by the states of Minas Gerais to the north and northeast, Parana to the south, Rio de Janeiro to the east, and Mato Grosso do Sul to the west, in addition to the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast.

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