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5-518: Brás is one of 96 districts in the city of São Paulo , Brazil . Administratively part of the Southeast Zone of São Paulo , Brás is located immediately to the east of the historic downtown in the Subprefecture of Mooca . The district is an area of heavy industry with many factories and warehouses, known as a center of textile manufacturing. Two sets of railroad tracks cut across the district;
10-541: Is a large metropolitan city that has several levels of subdivision. Administratively, the municipality is divided into 32 boroughs, each in turn divided into 96 wards ( distritos , or districts). Locally, wards may contain one or more neighborhoods ( bairros ). The subprefectures are officially grouped into nine regions (or "zones"), taking into account their geographical position and history of occupation. These regions are used only in technical and governmental agencies and are not identified by any visual communication in
15-581: The Brás rail station serves Metrô Line 3 (red) and three commuter rail lines operated by CPTM : Line 10 (turquoise) , 11 (coral) , and 12 (sapphire) . Brás is famous for hosting the Feirinha da Madrugada informal street market . This geographical article relating to the state of São Paulo is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Subdivisions of S%C3%A3o Paulo São Paulo in Brazil
20-455: The city. Boroughs in São Paulo are governed by subprefectures (from 2016 to 2018 named regional prefectures) created—at least in theory—to give more financial autonomy to local governments. There are 32 subprefectures. Wards in São Paulo, called Distritos (districts), are subdivisions of the boroughs, without a self-government. Some districts are further divided into bairros , which are
25-492: The equivalent of neighborhoods or boroughs in English. The city of São Paulo recognizes ten geographical areas used to reference locations in the city. These zones were established by dividing the city radially from the center and each is represented by a different color that is used on city buses and street signs. The only criterion used for this division is geographic boundaries (roads, rivers, etc.), having no relation whatsoever to
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