Liberdade (District of São Paulo) (São Paulo)

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Liberdade, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Liberdade (pron. IPA: [libeɾ'dadzi], Portuguese for "Freedom") is the name of a district in the borough of Sé, in São Paulo, Brazil. It is home to largest Japanese community outside Japan in the world that has been growing since the 1950s. Being São Paulo's own equivalent of Japantown in the USA, it is a haven for everything Japanese.

Significant populations of Chinese (this includes those from mainland China, Taiwan and Macau) and Koreans are also found in the district of Liberdade. It is served by the São Paulo Metro. An estimated 300,000-600,000 Brazilians of Japanese descent live in the community.
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Coordinates:   23°34'0"S   46°37'54"W
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