Osasco (bra)

Osasco

Osasco ranks 1,480th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sarcelles, Lier, Belgium, and Cottbus. Memorable people born in Osasco include Ederson, Antony, and Rodrygo. Memorable people who died in Osasco include Jair da Costa, and José Carlos de Almeida. Osasco has been the birth place of many soccer players, and basketball players and the death place of many soccer players. Osasco is located in Brazil.

Osasco is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo area and ranking fifth in population among São Paulo municipalities. According to the IBGE 2015, Osasco currently has the ninth highest gross domestic product in Brazil, and the second largest in the state of São Paulo. The population is 699,944 in an area of 64.95 km2 (25.08 sq mi). It is among the world's more densely populated cities, similar in density to Tokyo and New York City. It is considered the major urban centre of the western portion of Greater São Paulo. It was a district of the city of São Paulo until February 19, 1962, when Osasco became a municipality of its own. The city motto is Urbs labor, a Latin phrase that means "City work." Read more on Wikipedia