Paulínia is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of the state of São Paulo. It is located in the northwest of the São Paulo Macrometropolis and is about 119 km from the state capital. It occupies an area of 139 km2 and in 2018, IBGE estimated its population at 106,776. It was emancipated on February 28, 1964, but its foundation dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. The town is named after José Paulino Nogueira, a well-known farmer in the Campinas region, the municipality from which Paulínia emancipated and who lent his name to the railroad station around which the town developed. It is located in the Rio-São Paulo axis, serving as a link between Greater São Paulo and cities in the area, such as Cosmópolis, Artur Nogueira, and Conchal.
Images of the city of Paulínia: above, left, Medieval Gate; above, right, sunset near rural areas on the border with Cosmópolis; center, left, animals from the ecological park; center, right, Replan employees meeting former president Lula; below, left, the Municipal Theater; and below, right, historical image of workers opening the way for the railroad.
José Paulino Nogueira, from whom the name Paulínia derived.
Workers from the surrounding farms cleared the way for the railroad.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with workers at the inauguration of REPLAN's Propene Unit, in 2009.
São Paulo macrometropolis
The São Paulo Macrometropolis, also known as Expanded Metropolitan Complex is a Brazilian megalopolis that emerged through the existing process of conurbation between the São Paulo's metropolitan areas located around the Greater São Paulo, with more than 30 million inhabitants, or 74 percent of São Paulo State's population, and is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.
Greater São Paulo and Expanded Metropolitan Complex at night.
Satellite imagery of the Expanded Metropolitan Complex at night.
