| Subprefecture of Itaquera | |
|---|---|
| Subprefecture | |
 Location of the Subprefecture of Itaquera in São Paulo | |
 Location of municipality of São Paulo within the State of São Paulo | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Southeast |
| State |  |
| Municipality |  |
| Administrative Zone | East 1 |
| Districts | Itaquera, Parque do Carmo, José Bonifácio, Cidade Líder |
| Government | |
| • Type | Subprefecture |
| • Subprefect | Paulo César Máximo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 55.32 km2 (21.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 525,337 |
| Website | Subprefeitura Itaquera (Portuguese) |
The Subprefecture of Itaquera is one of 32 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It comprises four districts: Itaquera, Parque do Carmo, José Bonifácio, and Cidade Líder. [1] The name in Tupi means "hard stone" or "insensitive stone". [2]
A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province.
São Paulo is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. The metropolis is an alpha global city and the most populous city in Brazil, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, besides being the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The municipality is also the Earth's 11th largest city proper by population. The city is the capital of the surrounding state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest state in Brazil. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The name of the city honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas located around the Greater São Paulo created the São Paulo Macrometropolis, a megalopolis with more than 30 million inhabitants, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.
Itaquera is a district in the subprefecture of Itaquera of the city and prefecture of São Paulo in Brazil.
This subprefecture hosts the Arena Corinthians stadium, in which took place the inauguration of the FIFA World Cup in 2014.
The Arena Corinthians is a sports stadium located in São Paulo, Brazil and owned, operated, and used by Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. It has a seating capacity of 49,205, making it the fifth-largest stadium used by teams in the top tier of the Brazilian League and the eleventh-largest in Brazil.
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champion is France, which won its second title at the 2018 tournament in Russia.
