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(Redirected from ABC region) Industrial region in Greater São Paulo, Brazil This article is about a region in Brazil. For the powerful bloc in South America, see ABC countries. For similarly named localities elsewhere, see ABC § Places.

23°39′57″S 46°32′30″W / 23.66583°S 46.54167°W / -23.66583; -46.54167

Industrial centre Diadema

The ABC Region is an industrial region in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.

The name refers to three smaller cities south of São Paulo, capital of the Brazilian state of the same name. Originally, these three cities were Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, and São Caetano do Sul. Later, the region became known as the ABCD, with the addition of the city of Diadema, and sometimes even as ABCDMRR, with the addition of Mauá, Ribeirão Pires, and Rio Grande da Serra. The ABC region is widely known in Brazil and abroad because of the great number of international companies, particularly car manufacturers, in its area. National media and organizations consider ABC a powerful industrial pole and birthplace of the labor union movement that fought against dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. In this region the Workers' Party (PT) was formed, whose activities and popularity launched Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or simply Lula, to the presidency of Brazil in 2002. In 2006, the Federal University of ABC was established as a research and higher learning institution, with two campi and centers for Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences (CECS), for Mathematics, Computing and Cognition (CMCC) and for Natural and Human Sciences (CCNH).

General aspects

Although they do not contribute to the original acronym, Mauá, Ribeirão Pires, Rio Grande da Serra (as they were an extension of the municipality of Santo André, before the division) and Diadema are also part of the region. The Billings Reservoir bathes 6 of the 7 municipalities in the region, except São Caetano do Sul. The 7 municipalities together make up an area of 825 km², and have a population of over 2.5 million inhabitants (IBGE estimate for 2007).

Municipalities

Municipality Area (km) Population
(2022) 		HDI

(2010)

Ref.
Diadema 30.732 393,237 0.757
Mauá 61.909 418,261 0.766
Ribeirão Pires 99.175 115,559 0.762
Rio Grande da Serra 36.671 44,170 0.774
Santo André 175.782 748,919 0.815
São Bernardo do Campo 409.532 810,729 0.805
São Caetano do Sul 15.331 165,655 0.862
Total 829.132 2,696,530

See also

References

  1. "Santos FC New Jerusalém Stadium". Santos FC. Archived from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  2. "ASSEMBLÉIA LEGISLATIVA REGIÃO ADMINISTRATIVA DO ABCDMRR" (PDF). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. "Centers – UFABC". Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  4. "Encontra ABCD | Guia do ABCD » EncontraABCD.com.br". Encontra ABCD (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  5. "Diadema". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  6. "Mauá". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  7. "Ribeirão Pires". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  8. "Rio Grande da Serra". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  9. "Santo André". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  10. "São Bernardo do Campo". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  11. "São Caetano do Sul". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.

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