São Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas, and the Western Hemisphere and is the capital of the state of São Paulo. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as
paulistanos. The city's Latin motto is
Non ducor, duco, which translates as "I am not led, I lead."