​CAMPINAS, an inland city of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil; 65 m. by rail N.W. of the city of Sao Paulo and 114 m. from the port of Santos, with which it is connected by the Paulista & Sao Paulo railway. Pop. (1890) of the city and municipality, 33,921. Campinas is the commercial centre of one of the oldest coffee-producing districts of the state and the outlet for a rich and extensive agricultural region lying farther inland. The Mogyana railway starts from this point and extends north to Uberaba, Minas Geraes, while the Paulista lines extend north-west into new and very fertile regions. Coffee is the staple production, though Indian' corn, mandioca and fruit are produced largely for local consumption. The city is built in a bowl-like depression of the great central plateau, and the drainage from 'the surrounding hillsides has produced a dangerously insanitary condition, from which one or two virulent fever epidemics have resulted.