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São Paulo (18 millions) has significant ethnic diversity in comparison to other major cities:

• 3,000,000 people are direct or indirect descendants of Portuguese.
• 3,000,000 are direct or indirect descendants of Italians. There is a building named Edifício Itália (Italy Building), in honor of the Italians. It was once the tallest building of the city (165m).
• 1,500,000 people have direct or indirect African heritage.
• 1,000,000 people are direct or indirect descendants of Germans.
• 850,000 people are direct or indirect descendants of Lebanese immigrants— by far the largest number of Lebanese outside Lebanon.
• More than 1 million people are direct or indirect descendants of Japanese. São Paulo has the largest number of Japanese outside Japan. The Japanese community's historical centre is the Liberdade neighborhood.
• There is a considerable number of people from the various Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, especially Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Chile. .... and more much more ....