Araraquara

Araraquara
Dountoun Araraquara
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Coordinates: 21°47′41″S 48°10′34″W
Kintra	Brazil
State	São Paulo
Founded	1817
Govrenment
• Mayor	Marcelo Fortes Barbieri
Area
• Total	1005.968 km2 (388.406 sq mi)
Elevation	664 m (2,178 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	212,672
• Density	211.41/km2 (547.5/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Araraquarense
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
Postal code	14801
Area code(s)	+(55) 16
Website	Offeecial wabsteid (in Portuguese)

Araraquara is a ceety in the state o São Paulo in Brazil. It is kent as "the abode o the sun" an aw, acause o its impressive sunset an acause o its hazy atmosphere, especially in simmer.

Mair nor 208,725 fowk live in Araraquara. The ceety was founded in 1817.

Ferroviária is the local fitbaa team o the ceety. The club plays hame matches at Estádio Fonte Luminosa, which haes a maximum capacity o 27,000 fowk.

The ceety dountoun is filled wi bars, especially aroond colleges, as it haes a heich flux o students frae nearbi ceeties.

The ceety is servit bi Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport.

The name o the ceety comes frae the Tupi-Guarani leid an is believit tae mean either "abode o the macaws" or "abode o the sun".

Freemit airtins

• (in Portuguese) Offeecial wabsteid Archived 2004-12-09 at the Wayback Machine