Campinas (English spelling)

Japanese: カンピナス（英語表記）Campinas

A city in the eastern part of the state of São Paulo, in the southeastern part of Brazil. It is located on a plateau about 90 km northwest of the state capital, São Paulo, at an altitude of about 690 m. It was founded in the 18th century, and developed into the center of the coffee region when coffee cultivation was introduced to the region in the 19th century. It was later overshadowed by the rapidly developing cities of São Paulo and Santos, but with a large fertile agricultural area behind it, it is still important as a distribution center for coffee, citrus fruits, cocoa, sugar cane, etc. The city is home to the Agricultural Research Institute with a large experimental farm, the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1941), and the State University of Campinas (62). Industry is also thriving, with factories for metallurgy, textiles, food processing, agricultural machinery, motors, etc. It is a transportation hub along the main road connecting São Paulo and Brasilia, where rail and roads branch off, and where Viracopos Airport, São Paulo's international airport, is located. Population: 960,801 (estimated 1990).

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Japanese:

ブラジル南東部，サンパウロ州東部の都市。州都サンパウロの北西約 90kmの高原地帯にあり，標高約 690m。 18世紀に建設され，19世紀この地方にコーヒー栽培が導入されるとともにコーヒー地帯の中心地として発展。その後急発展してきたサンパウロとサントスに押されるようになったが，背後に肥沃な大農業地帯を控えて，現在もコーヒー，柑橘類，ココア，サトウキビなどの集散地として重要。市内には大規模な実験農場をもつ農業研究所や，カンピナス・カトリカ大学 (1941) ，州立カンピナス大学 (62) などがある。工業も盛んで，冶金，織物，食品加工，農機具，モーターなどの工場が立地する。サンパウロとブラジリアを結ぶ幹線道路に沿う交通の要地で，鉄道，道路が分岐し，サンパウロの国際空港であるビラコポス空港もある。人口 96万 801 (1990推計) 。

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