Alpha Cities / Alpha tier / São Paulo
Brazil · five zones holding 11.5 million, inside a metropolitan region of 21.5 million.
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Six areas of need, drawn from what is actually true of São Paulo's districts, people and institutions — followed by two anchors prayed over every Alpha city.
Map zones are approximations drawn from district centres, not surveyed boundaries. Populations are rounded estimates for scale. For exact figures and geometry use the sources listed on the map layer above.