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São Paulo (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 22 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -22.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 049 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -49.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Most populated state in nation; settled by Portuguese in 16th cen.; site of early Brazilian empire under the Paulistas from mid-18th cen.-1889; produces one-third of nation's coffee; state covered with extensive highways & various large industries. |
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| São Paulo (preferred,C,V,Portuguese)
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| São Paulo (Spanish)
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| Estado de São Paulo (C,V,O,Portuguese-P)
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| Estado de São Paulo (Spanish)
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| São Paulo, Estado de (C,V)
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| São Paulo state (C,O)
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| BR27 (C,U,FIPS)
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| San Paulo (C,U)
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Sudeste (region (geographic)) (P) |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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since 1681 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| urban center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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