São Paulo
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- Names
São Paulo
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Largest city on continent; built on site of an old Amerindian village; independence from Portugal claimed here by Dom Pedro I in 1822; experienced major growth in late 19th cen.; cultural & intellectual center with museums, libraries & universities.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Times Atlas of the World (1992); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Active
Julio Grinblatt (Argentinian, active United States, born 1960)
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