Campinas is a city in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, located 84 kilometers northwest of the city of Sao Paulo, with an estimated 2024 population of about 1.19 million. Once a center of coffee cultivation in the nineteenth century, Campinas transformed over the twentieth century into a major hub for technology, aerospace research and higher education, hosting research institutions and universities that have earned it comparisons to a Brazilian Silicon Valley.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Partially Attested
Elevation (m)Wikipedia infobox states elevation as a range, 555 to 780 metres, with no single point value; 668 m recorded as the midpoint of the stated range. In the Other Atlases
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The State University of Campinas (Portuguese: Universidade Estadual de Campinas), commonly called Unicamp, is a public research university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
1,187,974 (14th)
Infobox: population_as_of
2025
Infobox: area_total_km2
795.667
Infobox: elevation_m
555-780
Infobox coordinates field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campinas
coordinates = 22°54′21″S 47°03′39″W
Infobox: established_date
July 14, 1774
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