São Paulo en lets look at the Brazilian state an not the city, mostly. Located in in the southeast of Brazil with the largest population of all Brazilian states around 45.5 million. The capital with it's suburbs is good for 21.5 million and that made it the 9th populous metropolitan area in the world. If the of São Paulo was an country it is richer then it's neighbors of Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia combined. The nickname of the state is "locomotive of Brazil" and it's an true economical and industrial powerhouse. Historically the first Portuguese settlement in Brazil is the city São Vincente it was founded in 1532. More inland the village of São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga was founded in 1554 and that will place will grow after 1870 into São Paulo. Also in 1822 the independence of Brazil from Portugal was declared in São Paulo. So let's take an look at the flag.
The flag has 13 stripes, 7 of them are black and 6 are white. In the upper left corner an red rectangle. The 13 stripes stands for the days and nights that the colonial explorers or Bandeirantes looking for riches after the discovery of Brazil. The red has also to do with the Bandeirantes, the blood they shed. The stars stands for the constellation Southern Cross which used on the national flags of Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. In the rectangle is in blue the outline of Brazil, that stands for strength brought by the Bandeirantes. The white circle stands for the world. The colors represented the races of the Brazilian people. Black represented the Afro-Brazilians, White is obvious for the whites and the red represented the Amerindians. This flag was designed in 1888 to become the Brazilian national flag, but it became the flag of São Paulo instead. Personally i think the flag is an bit ugly, an little redesign can make it better.
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