Completar frases Sao Paulo cityVersión en línea The student must complete the blank spaces of this text that is about Sao Paulo, the capital city of Brazil history and interesting/important information. We need to know of one of the most important cultural and economic cities in Latin America. por Kevin Giovanni Garcia Higuera 1 This city capital of Sao Paulo estado ( ) , is located in the Brazil . Also , it is the foremost industrial centre in America . The city is located on a planteau of the Brazilian extending inland from the Serra do Mar , which rises as part of the Great Escarpment only a short inland from the Atlantic . The city itself sits in a shallow basin with low mountains to the west . It lies about 220 miles ( 350 km ) southwest of Rio de and about 30 miles ( 50 km ) inland from its Atlantic Ocean of Santos . The city's name derives from its having been founded by Jesuit on January 25 , 1554 , the anniversary of the of Saint . Paul . Sao Paulo is notable for its immesity , dynamism and drive . Sampa as it is called by its , combines the best and worst of modern oversized urban conglomerates . Traditionally , it has been first and foremost a place to , secondly a to live , and lastly a city to enjoy .