ABC Region

Industrial region in Greater São Paulo, Brazil

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,[1] and sometimes even as ABCDMRR, with the addition of Mauá, Ribeirão Pires, and Rio Grande da Serra.[2] 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 was formed the Workers' Party (PT) whose activities and popularity launched Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or simply Lula, to the president 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).[3]

Municipalities

Municipality Area (km²) Population
(2022)
HDI

(2010)

Ref.
Diadema 30.732 393,237 0.757 [4]
Mauá 61.909 418,261 0.766 [5]
Ribeirão Pires 99.175 115,559 0.762 [6]
Rio Grande da Serra 36.671 44,170 0.774 [7]
Santo André 175.782 748,919 0.815 [8]
São Bernardo do Campo 409.532 810,729 0.805 [9]
São Caetano do Sul 15.331 165,655 0.862 [10]
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. ^ "Diadema". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  5. ^ "Mauá". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  6. ^ "Ribeirão Pires". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  7. ^ "Rio Grande da Serra". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  8. ^ "Santo André". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  9. ^ "São Bernardo do Campo". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  10. ^ "São Caetano do Sul". IBGE. Retrieved 2023-08-19.

External links

  • Agência ABC (in Portuguese)
  • Consórcio do Grande ABC (in Portuguese)

Newspapers

  • Diário do Grande ABC (in Portuguese)
  • Repórter Diário (in Portuguese)
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
  • VIAF


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