- Inception
- 25 January 1554
- Population
- 11895893, 11253503, 11967825, 10434252, 31385, 64934, 239820, 579033, 1326261, 2199096, 3781446, 5924615
- Area
- 1523
- Elevation
- 760 m
- demonym
- paulistano, San-Paŭlano, Paulistaine, Paulistain, paulistani, Sãopaulčan, Sãopaulčanka
- electorate
- 9141350
- hashtag
- São_Paulo
- head of government
- Bruno Covas, João Doria, Fernando Haddad, Gilberto Kassab, José Serra, Marta Suplicy, Celso Pitta, Paulo Maluf, Luiza Erundina, Jânio Quadros, Mário Covas, Francisco Altino Lima
- Human Development Index
- 0.805
- IATA airport code
- SAO
- IPA transcription
- sɐ̃w̃ ˈpawlu
- local dialing code
- 11
- native label
- São Paulo
- official name
- São Paulo
- postal code
- 01000-000
- shares border with
- Cajamar, Santo André, Juquitiba, Embu-Guaçu, Itapecerica da Serra, Embu das Artes, Taboão da Serra, Cotia, Osasco, Barueri, Santana de Parnaíba, Caieiras
- social media followers
- 253208
- time of earliest written record
- 25 January 1554
- twinned administrative body
- Leipzig, La Paz, Abidjan, Funchal, Macau, Mendoza, Torreón, Alta Floresta, Amman, Asunción, Bamako, Barcelona