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São Paulo


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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);

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Julio Grinblatt (Argentinian, active United States, born 1960)

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