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Osasco
Osasco
	— Municipality —
The Municipality of Osasco
	View of downtown Osasco and the Autonomistas Avenue.
; Flag	; Seal
	Coordinates: 23°32′29″S 46°46′24″W / 23.54139°S 46.77333°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
	Government
- Mayor	Emidio Pereira de Souza (PT)
	Area
- Total	65 km2 (25.1 sq mi)
Elevation	760 m (2,493 ft)
	Population (2008)
- Total	718,643
- Density	10,981.2/km2 (28,441.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
- Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
Postal Code	06000-000
Website	Official Site

For other uses, see Osasco (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 23°32′29″S 46°46′24″W / 23.54139°S 46.77333°W / -23.54139; -46.77333

Osasco is a municipality and city in São Paulo State,Brazil, is located in the Greater São Paulo and ranking 5th in population among São Paulo municipalities. The current mayor is Emidio Pereira de Souza (PT).

Osasco was founded by the Italian Antonio Agú (currently the name of one of the main streets in Osasco). He came from the commune Osasco in the province of Turin.

The population in 2008 is 713,066, the density is 10,970/km² and the total area is 65 km². It is among the world more dense cities, similar in density to Tokyo, Japan and New York City, New York. It's considered the major urban centre of the Western portion of the Greater São Paulo. It used to be a district of São Paulo City until February 19, 1962, when Osasco became a municipality of its own. In 1989 the city became the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osasco.

[edit] Economy

Osasco was an industrial city, but there was industrial decentralization to other regions and today the city is moving toward the shopping and services. Osasco is headquartes of Bradesco the third largest bank in Brazil. Currently there are large companies with a presence as Natura, Coca-Cola, Carrefour, Wal-Mart, Colgate-Palmolive and many others. Osasco is the twenty-third richest city in the country.

[edit] Shopping Malls

Shopping União de Osasco
Osasco Plaza Shopping
Super Shopping Osasco
Americanas Shopping
Shopping Galeria
Fantasy Shopping

[edit] Geography

Is an average elevation of 792 meters. Its boundaries are São Paulo to the north, east and south, Cotia to the southwest, Carapicuíba and Barueri to the west and Santana de Parnaíba to the northwest.

[edit] Climate

As in almost all the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo, the climate is subtropical. Little hot summer and rainy mild winter and categories. The average annual temperature is around 20 °C, being the month of July the coldest (average 10 °C) and warmest February (average 27 °C). The annual rainfall is around 1300 mm.

[edit] Trasportation

Osasco due to its proximity to Sao Paulo, has a transit similar to the state capital, that is one of the more you carry the world. In the city can be found means of road and rail.

It is linked by CPTM rapid transit to São Paulo by the 8 and 9 ^[2] train lines.