Sorocaba

Sorocaba
Sorocaba
Municipality
	Municipality of Sorocaba
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: Pro una libera Patria pugnavi (Latin); "I fought for a free Fatherland"
	Location in São Paulo
	Coordinates: 23°30′6″S 47°27′29″W / 23.50167°S 47.45806°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast Brazil
State	São Paulo
Metropolitan Region	Sorocaba
Founded	1654
Founder	Baltazar Fernandes
Named for	Sorocaba River
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Mayor	Fernando Martins da Costa Neto (acting vice)[2] (PSD, 2025– ) (Republicanos)
Area
• Municipality	450 km2 (170 sq mi)
Elevation	601 m (1,972 ft)
Population (2025 estimate)
• Municipality	762,172
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
• Metro	723,000
Demonym	sorocabano
Area code	+55 15
HDI (2010)	0.798 – high
Website	sorocaba.sp.gov.br

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Sorocaba (Portuguese pronunciation: [soɾoˈkabɐ]) is a municipality in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. With over 723,000 inhabitants, it is the seventh-largest city in the state and the second-largest outside the Greater São Paulo region, ranking behind only Campinas. It forms its own Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba, comprising 27 municipalities with a total population of 2 million inhabitants, the 15th most populous in Brazil.

With a surface area of 450,38 km² (or about 170 sq mi), Sorocaba is integrated with Greater São Paulo and the Metropolitan Regions of Campinas, Jundiaí, Paraíba Valley and North Coast and Baixada Santista, forming the São Paulo macrometropolis, which is home to over 30 million people, about three quarters of the state's population and the first such urban agglomeration in the Southern Hemisphere.

The city is highly industrialized, with its industrial production reaching over 120 countries and a GDP of over R$ 32 billion, the 19th-largest in Brazil, surpassing state capitals such as São Luís, Belém, Vitória, Natal, and Florianópolis. Over 22,000 companies operate in the city, 2,000 of which are industries.