Campinas
Campinas | |
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| Municipality of Campinas | |
From top left to right: city center panorama; Metropolitan Cathedral of Campinas; Culture Station; Castro Mendes Theater; Castle Tower; Jequitibás Palace; and Prefecture Ex Municipal Market. | |
| Nicknames: Cidade das Andorinhas, Brazilian Silicon Valley, Princesa d'Oeste | |
| Motto(s): Labore Virtute Civitas Floret (Latin) At work and virtue, the city flourishes | |
Location of Campinas | |
| Coordinates: 22°54′21″S 47°03′39″W / 22.90583°S 47.06083°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | São Paulo |
| Metropolitan Region | Campinas |
| Founded | 14 July 1774 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dário Saadi (Republicanos) |
| Area | |
| 795.667 km2 (307.209 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 3,645 km2 (1,407 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 555−780 m (1,821–2,559 ft) |
| Population (2022 ) | |
| 1,139,047 (14th) | |
| • Density | 1,433/km2 (553.49/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,656,363 |
| • Metro density | 1,003/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $66.1 billion |
| • Per capita | $29,300 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (Brasilia Official Time) |
| Postal Code | 13000-000 |
| Area code | +55 19 |
| HDI (2010) | 0.805 – very high |
| Website | www |
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Campinas (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐ̃ˈpinɐs], Plains or Meadows) is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,139,047, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian city and the third most populous municipality in São Paulo state, the fifth most populous municipality in Southeast Brazil, and the largest city in Brazil outside the metro region of a state capital. The city's metropolitan area, Metropolitan Region of Campinas, contains twenty municipalities with a total population of 3,656,363 people.