The city of São Paulo subprefecturas

The city of São Paulo subprefecturas

The city of São Paulo subprefecturas

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  • São Paulo
  • City Hall of the City of São Paulo
The municipality of São Paulo is administratively divided into 32 regional prefectures, each one with a regional administration ("prefeitura regional") divided into several districts ("distritos"), the latter possibly subdivided into sub-districts (the term "neighborhood", however, does not exist officially, although it is usually applied by the population). The present districts were created by the municipal law nº 11 220 of May 20, 1992, and the current subprefeituras by the municipal law no. 13 399, of August 1, 2002. The subprefeituras deliver some administrative services to the population, thus, decentralizing some routine services.

The official political division of the city takes into account both historical and cultural characteristics of the different districts of São Paulo as practical factors (such as the division of two subprefeituras by an important avenue). But often such a division does not reflect the socio-spatial perception that the local population has of places: there are areas of the city that are not officially recognized by the city, so that its boundary is informal and covers different districts and subdistricts, keeping the name by tradition, physical contiguity or ease of identification. The phenomenon tends to repeat itself in the whole city and considered broadly, can lead to a lack of identification of the residents with real local political bodies.


Aricanduva/Vila Formosa with 21,5 km² and 266 838 inhabitants
Aricanduva/Vila Formosa with 21,5 km² and 266 838 inhabitants
Butantã with 56,1 km and 345 943 inhabitants
Campo Limpo with 36,7 km² and 508 607 inhabitants
Capela do Socorro with 134,2 km² and 561 071 inhabitants
Casa Verde/Cachoeirinha with 26,7 km² and 313 176 inhabitants
Cidade Ademar with 30,7 km² and 370 759 inhabitants
Cidade Tiradentes with 15 km² and 248 762 inhabitants
Ermelino Matarazzo with 15,1 km² and 204 315 inhabitants
Freguesia do Ó/Brasilândia with 31,5 km² and 391 403 inhabitants
Guaianases with 17,8 km² and 283 162 inhabitants
Ipiranga with 37,5 km² and 427 585 inhabitants
Itaim Paulista with 21,7 km² and 358 888 inhabitants
Itaquera with 54,3 km² and 488 327 inhabitants
Jabaquara with14,1 km² and 214 200 inhabitants
Lapa with 40,1 km² and 270 102 inhabitants
M'Boi Mirim with 62,1 km² and 523 138 inhabitants
Mooca with 35,2 km² and 305 436 inhabitants
Parelheiros with 353,5 km² and 110 909 inhabitants
Penha with 42,8 km² and 472 247 inhabitants
Perus with 57,2 km² and 109 218 inhabitants
Pinheiros with 31,7 km² and 270 798 inhabitants
Pirituba/Jaraguá with 54,7 km² and 390 083 inhabitants
Sé with 26,2 km² and 373 160 inhabitants
Santana/Tucuruvi with 34,7 km² and 327 279 inhabitants
Jaçanã/Tremembé with 64,1 km² and 255 435 inhabitants
Santo Amaro with 37,5 km² and 217 280 inhabitants
São Mateus with 45,8 km² and 422 199 inhabitants
São Miguel Paulista with 24,3 km² and 377 540 inhabitants
Sapopemba with 13,4 km² and 296 042 inhabitants
Vila Maria/Vila Guilherme with 26,4 km² and 302 899 inhabitants
Vila Mariana with 26,5 km² and 311 019 inhabitants
Vila Prudente with 33,3 km² and 480 823 inhabitants