Pinheiros (district of São Paulo)

This article is about the district of the city of São Paulo. For the subprefecture with the same name, see Subprefecture of Pinheiros.

Pinheiros
Location in the city of São Paulo

Country	Brazil
State	São Paulo
City	São Paulo
Government
• Type	Subprefecture
• Subprefect	Coronel Bucheroni
Area
• Total	8 km² (3 sq mi)
Population (2000)
• Total	62.997
• Density	7.875/km² (20.40/sq mi)
HDI	0.960 – very high
Website	Subprefecture of Pinheiros

Pinheiros (Portuguese pronunciation: [pĩˈɲejɾus], “pine trees”) is a district in the subprefecture of the same name in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Prior to development, the land which this borough occupies was dominated by the dense forest which contained a Brazilian subtropical species of pine, Araucaria angustifolia, which is also the symbol of the Paraná state.

The district comprises the neighborhoods of Jardim das Bandeiras, Jardim Viana, Jardim das Rosas, Pinheiros, Vila Madalena, Sumarezinho, Jardim Europa, and Jardim Paulistano, the last two being part of the Jardins upper class region. The HDI of the borough was 0.960,^[1] the second highest of the city of São Paulo.

City Districts of São Paulo

Água Rasa Alto de Pinheiros Anhanguera Aricanduva Artur Alvim Barra Funda Bela Vista Belém Bom Retiro Brasilândia Brás Butantã Cachoeirinha Cambuci Campo Belo Campo Grande Campo Limpo Cangaíba Capão Redondo Carrão Casa Verde Cidade Ademar Cidade Dutra Cidade Líder Cidade Tiradentes Consolação Cursino Ermelino Matarazzo Freguesia do Ó Grajaú Guaianases Iguatemi Ipiranga Itaim Bibi Itaim Paulista Itaquera Jabaquara Jaçanã Jaguara Jaguaré Jaraguá Jardim Helena Jardim Paulista Jardim São Luís Jardim Ângela José Bonifácio Lajeado Lapa Liberdade Limão Mandaqui Marsilac Moema Mooca Morumbi Parelheiros Pari Parque do Carmo Pedreira Penha Perdizes Perus Pinheiros Pirituba Ponte Rasa Raposo Tavares República Rio Pequeno Sacomã Santa Cecília Santana Santo Amaro São Domingos São Lucas São Mateus São Miguel Paulista São Rafael Saúde Sapopemba Sé Socorro Tatuapé Tremembé Tucuruvi Vila Andrade Vila Curuçá Vila Formosa Vila Guilherme Vila Jacuí Vila Leopoldina Vila Maria Vila Mariana Vila Matilde Vila Medeiros Vila Prudente Vila Sônia

References

↑ Atlas for the work and development of the municipality of São Paulo, Fundação Seade, 2007 - http://www2.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/secretarias/trabalho/atlasmunicipal

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