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Campinas (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 22 54 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -22.9000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 047 06 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -47.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in highlands near Rio Atibaia; important clearing house for coffee, citrus & cocoa; site of many agricultural research centers, foundries, processing plants, museums & art galleries; birth place of opera composer António Carlos Gomez. |
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| Campinas (preferred,C,V)
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| Nossa Senhora da Coneição de Campinas de Mato Grosso (H,V)
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| São Carlos (H,V)
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Campinas (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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made seat of municipality in 1797 |
| city (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Nossa Senhora da Coneição de Campinas de Mato Grosso.......... |
[VP] |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 779 |
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