Araraquara ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɾaɾɐˈkwaɾɐ] or [aˌɾaɾɐˈkwaɾɐ] ) is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 250,314 (2022 est.) in an area of 1,004 km (388 sq mi). It is also known as "the abode of the sun," because of its impressive sunset and because of its hot atmosphere, especially in summer. The city was founded in 1817.
4-685: José Luis Mauro (born 10 March 1961 in Araraquara ), commonly known as Vica , is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a central defender . Araraquara 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 another that relates it to the Língua Geral of São Paulo . The two versions come from similar expressions, " arará kûara" and "arara kûara", which mean "lair of
8-546: A maximum seating capacity of 27,000 people. Ferroviária also has a very competitive professional female soccer team organized in 2001 that started to collect titles almost straight away. The Ferroviária Women Soccer team got its first state title in 2002 – the São Paulo State championship. The women's team did it again in 2004, 2005 and 2013 to rake up four state titles. The Ferroviaria women soccer team kept evolving in structure to get national projection – it won in 2014
12-457: Is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable). The city is served by Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport . Ferroviária is the local football (soccer) 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 , which has
16-572: The macaws." The city is in the Microregion of Araraquara , part of the Mesoregion of Araraquara , 270 km north of São Paulo . In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia Telefônica Brasileira until 1973, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo . In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company
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