Osasco

Osasco
Osasco
	Municipality
	The Municipality of; Osasco
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	Eik-name(s): Oz
	Motto(s): "Urbs labor" (Latin); "Work city"
	Osasco Location in Brazil
	Coordinates: 23°31′58″S 46°47′58″W / 23.53278°S 46.79944°W
Kintra	Brazil
Region	Sootheast
State	São Paulo
Founded	February 19, 1962
Govrenment
• Mayor	[1] (PT)
Area
• Municipality	65 km2 (25 sq mi)
• Metro	7943.818 km2 (3,067.125 sq mi)
Elevation	760 m (2,490 ft)
Population (2008)
• Municipality	718,643
• Density	10981.2/km2 (28,441/sq mi)
• Metro	19,889,559
Demonym(s)	osasquense
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
Postal Code (CEP)	06000-000
Area code(s)	+55 11
HDI (2000)	0,818–high
Website	Osasco, São Paulo

Osasco (Portuguese pronunciation: [oˈzasku]) is a municipality an city in São Paulo State, Brazil, is locatit in the Greater São Paulo^[3] an rankin 5t in population amang São Paulo municipalities. The current mayor is Antonio Jorge Pereira Lapas (PT). The population in 2008 is 713,066, the density is 10,970/km² an the tot area is 65 km². It is amang the warld's mair dense cities, seemlar in density tae Tokyo an New York City. It's considert the major urban centre o the Wastren airt o the Greater São Paulo. It uised tae be a destrict o São Paulo Ceety til 19 Februar 1962, whan Osasco became a municipality o its awn. In 1989 the city became the seat o the Roman Catholic Diocese o Osasco.