Campinas

Campinas
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.
Flag of Campinas
Official seal of Campinas
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
Location of Campinas
Campinas is located in Brazil
Campinas
Campinas
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 22°54′21″S 47°03′39″W / 22.90583°S 47.06083°W / -22.90583; -47.06083
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
StateSão Paulo
Metropolitan RegionCampinas
Founded14 July 1774; 250 years ago (1774-07-14)
Government
 • MayorDário Saadi (Republicanos)
Area
 • Municipality795.667 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])
 • Municipality1,139,047 (14th)
 • Density1,433/km2 (553.49/sq mi)
 • Metro
3,656,363
 • Metro density1,003/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
 • Year2023
 • Total$66.1 billion[2]
 • Per capita$29,300
Time zoneUTC-3 (Brasilia Official Time)
Postal Code
13000-000
Area code+55 19
HDI (2010)0.805 – very high[3]
Websitewww.campinas.sp.gov.br
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Campinas (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐ̃ˈpinɐs], Plains or Meadows[4]) 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.[5]

  1. ^ IBGE 2022
  2. ^ "TelluBase—Brazil Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  3. ^ "Ranking IDHM 2010" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Noicols (12 July 2013). "Campinas: Etymology". campinasss.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  5. ^ "RMC - Agemcamp". sp.gov.br. Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-29.