Araraquara ( or ) is a city in the state of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
in Brazil. The population is 250.314 (2022 est.) in an area of .
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> It is also known as "the abode of the sun," because of its impressive sunset
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and because of its hot atmosphere, especially in summer. The city was founded in 1817.
History
Etymology
There are two possible origins for the name of the city, one that links it to the Tupi-Guarani language of the region's indigenous inhabitants, and one that relates it to the Língua Geral of São Paulo
The paulista general, also called southern general and tupi austral, is a lingua franca and creole language formed in the 16th century, in the Captaincy of São Vicente. Today it is only of historical interest, as it has been a dead language si ...
.
Geography
The city is in the Microregion of Araraquara, part of the Mesoregion of Araraquara
The Mesoregion of Araraquara is one of the 15 mesoregions of the São Paulo state, Brazil. It is located on the center of the state, and has an area of 9,451.2 km².
The population of the mesoregion is 810,926 inhabitants (IBGE/2010), sprea ...
, 270 km north of São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
.
Transport
The city is served by Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport.
Sport
Ferroviária is the local football (soccer)
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team of the city organized back in 1950 by the railroad workers at EFA – Araraquara Railroad Company (Estradas de Ferro de Araraquara). The team is known as "Locomotives" and plays home matches at Estádio Fonte Luminosa
Estádio Dr. Adhemar de Barros, usually known as Estádio Fonte Luminosa, or just Fonte Luminosa, is a football (soccer) stadium in Araraquara, Brazil. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 25,000. It was inaugurated in 1951. The stadium is owned ...
, which has a maximum capacity of 27,000 people (seated).
Ferroviária has also a very competitive professional female soccer team organized in 2001 that started to collect titles right on the following year – the Ferroviária Women Soccer team got its first state title in 2002 – the São Paulo State championship. Ladies did it again in 2004, 2005 and 2013 to sum up four state titles. The Ferroviaria women soccer team kept evolving in structure to get national projection – women soccer team won in 2014 the Copa do Brasil and more two national titles the Brasileirão in 2014 and 2019. They also reached two most important titles for the women soccer in Americas. On March´2021, the Ferroviaria Women soccer team won its second title of Libertadores da America championship in 2020 edition (due to COVID-19 limitations). The first title at Libertadores da America came on 2015. Lindsay Camila is the Ferrroviaria Women Soccer team coach.
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Populated places established in 1817
1817 establishments in Brazil