Bela Vista

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Bela Vista
Location in the city of São Paulo
View of Bela Vista at night
Country	Brazil
State	São Paulo
City	São Paulo
Government
• Type	Subprefecture
• Subprefect	Amauri Luiz Pastorello
Area
• Total	2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi)
Population  (2000)
• Total	63,190
• Density	24,304/km2 (62,950/sq mi)
HDI	0.940 –high
Website	Subprefecture of Sé

Bela Vista (also known as Bexiga or Bixiga) is one of the most traditional Italian neighborhoods in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It belongs to the borough of Sé, and it has been a mixed neighborhood since its beginning, where free African-Brazilians and/or a mixture of Native-Brazilians, Blacks and Portuguese descendants lived. Later, more European immigrants arrived, such as Spaniards, Germans, English, French, Belgians, and Italians. The Italian community became more numerous than all the others during the first decades of the twentieth century. (source: São Paulo sections site: Bairros de São Paulo)