São Bernardo do Campo
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About São Bernardo do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo.
It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 840,499 (2024 census) in an area of 409.51 km2 (158.11 sq mi).
According to 2021 data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipality of São Bernardo do Campo has the 16th largest gross domestic product (GDP) among Brazilian cities.
The city was founded by João Ramalho in 1553 and was known as Vila de Santo André da Borda do Campo de Piratininga, soon transferred to another nearby place, safer from hostile tribes. It is, however, historically perceived as the first Brazilian settlement built away from the sea. The original settlement was then resettled as São Bernardo, became a parish in 1812 and a municipality in 1890. In 1938, it became a part of the Santo André district only to be separated again in 1945, as the aftermath of an action from a group of entrepreneurs led by Wallace Cochrane Simonsen, who was eventually appointed as the first mayor of the newborn municipality.
The area where São Bernardo do Campo, Santo André, São Caetano...
Overview adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA. Photography via Wikimedia Commons.