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Paraisópolis, São Paulo

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This article is about the neighborhood in São Paulo. For the city in Minas Gerais, see Paraisópolis.
Paraisópolis
Paraisópolis, São Paulo

Paraisópolis ("Paradise city", from paraiso paradise (Hisp.) and -polis city (Greek) is a neighborhood of São Paulo city, which is part of the Vila Andrade district, in the south zone. It is located adjacent to the affluent district of Morumbi. Paraisópolis is a favela and is the largest squatted informal settlement in the city. Paraisópolis has an estimated population between 80,000 and 100,000 people. It contains about 20,000 households.

Paraisópolis is known for a 2004 picture by photographer Tuca Vieira. It is considered on the most well-known pictures of Brazil and was taken for the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper. It highlights social inequality, both in Brazil and Latin America in general.

References

  1. "O lado Morumbi de Paraisópolis". VEJA SÃO PAULO (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  2. Scruggs, Gregory (18 July 2019). "Ministry of cities RIP: the sad story of Brazil's great urban experiment". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. "Inequality ... in a photograph". The Guardian. 2017-11-29. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-19.

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