Osasco is a municipality and city in São Paulo State, Brazil, is
located in the Greater São Paulo and ranking 5th in population among 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 and the total area is
65 km². It is among the world more dense cities, similar in density to
Tokyo and New York City. It's considered the major urban centre of the Western
portion of the Greater São Paulo. It used to be a district of São Paulo City
until February 19, 1962, when Osasco became a municipality of its own. In 1989