Rodovia Professor Zeferino Vaz (official designation SP-332, also known as Rodovia Campinas-Paulínia or Tapetão) is a

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in the state of

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

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. Until 2010, this highway was called Rodovia General Milton Tavares de Souza, after . Its current namesake is professor

Zeferino Vaz Zeferino Vaz (May 27, 1908 – February 19, 1981) was a Brazilian doctor who led the construction, establishment and development of the Unicamp university, in the interior of the State of São Paulo, Brazil in the 1960s and 1970s. The main ...

. Just 23 km long, this double-lane highway has a high traffic within the urban zones of

Campinas Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in São Paulo (state), São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's popul ...

and

Paulínia Paulínia is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. It is located in the northwest of the São Paulo Macrometropolis and is about 119 km from the São Paulo, state capital. It occupies an ar ...

. It has been named in honour of teacher

and is maintained by the Department of Roads of the State of São Paulo (DER) and Rota das Bandeiras. It is best known as the road that connects the city of Campinas to the subdistrict of

Barão Geraldo 300px, Panoramic view of Barão Geraldo, taken from a hill overlooking UNICAMP Barão Geraldo () is a district of the municipality of Campinas, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is named after Barão Geraldo de Rezende, a baron of the Em ...

, where the

State University of Campinas The University of Campinas (), commonly called Unicamp, is a public research university in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. Established in 1962, Unicamp was designed from scratch as an integrated Research institute, researc ...

is located, as well as to the

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and the adjoining industrial

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district of

Cities

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Cosmópolis Cosmópolis is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas. The population is 73,474 (2020 est.) in an area of 154.67 km². The elevation is 652 m. History The municipality was created by ...

Artur Nogueira Artur Nogueira is a city in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas. The population is 55,340 (2020 est.) in an area of 178.03 km2. The elevation is 595 m. The Adventist Univer ...

Engenheiro Coelho Engenheiro Coelho is a municipality in the east of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas. The population is 21,249 (2020 est.) in an area of 109.94 km². It is located about from São Paulo and f ...

Conchal Conchal is a municipality in São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 28,273 (2020 est.) in an area of 182.8 km2. The elevation is 591 m. History The municipality was created by state law in 1948. Media In telecommunications, the city was s ...

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