Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Sumaré is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. According to the 2022 IBGE census, its population was 279,545 inhabitants. The city is the second largest in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, behind only Campinas. The municipality consists of the seat and the district of Nova Veneza.
It has its origins in the old sesmarias of the 18th century, with references to the Quilombo Stream since 1799. Initially part of the Parish of Our Lady of the Conception of the Campinas of Mato Grosso, the region developed with the arrival of Portuguese and Italian immigrants in the 19th century, driven by the expansion of coffee cultivation. The village, then called Rebouças, was elevated to a district of Campinas in 1909 and, in 1945, adopted the name Sumaré, inspired by the orchid Cyrtopodium punctatum, to avoid duplication with another city of the same name in Paraná.
The political and administrative emancipation of Sumaré took place on 1 January 1953, separating from Campinas. The municipality experienced significant population growth from the 1960s onwards, especially in the 1970s, due to industrialisation and the availability of affordable land. Companies such as 3M do Brasil settled in the region, attracting migrants from various parts of the country and turning Sumaré into an industrial hub.
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