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Subprefecture of Pinheiros

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Country
  
Brazil

State
  
São Paulo

HDI
  
0.956 – very high

Population
  
233,563 (2008)

Region
  
Southeast

Administrative Zone
  
West

Area
  
32.06 km²

Municipality
  
São Paulo

Subprefecture of Pinheiros

Districts
  
Pinheiros, Alto de Pinheiros, Itaim Bibi, Jardim Paulista

The Subprefecture of Pinheiros is one of 32 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It comprises four districts: Pinheiros, Alto de Pinheiros, Itaim Bibi, and Jardim Paulista.

Map of Subprefecture of Pinheiros, S%C3%A3o Paulo - State of S%C3%A3o Paulo, Brazil

Pinheiros is the most affluent of the subprefectures. It comprises two of the five financial districts of the city, including Paulista Avenue and many of the most important museums of the city. It has also the neighbourhoods of Vila Madalena and Vila Olímpia, famous for its nightlife and dance clubs, and most (though not all) of the upper-class residential neighbourhoods. It is the headquarters of many Brazilian companies such as AmBev, Vivo, Rede Globo (along with Rio de Janeiro), and Grupo Pão de Açúcar, as well as the Brazilian headquarters of many multinational companies, including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo!, Santander, Ernst & Young, Unilever, Nextel and Bunge.

References

Subprefecture of Pinheiros Wikipedia