Araçatuba is a city located in the northwest of São Paulo state,

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. The city has 198,129 inhabitants (

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/2020) and spans . The city name comes from the

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and means "abundance of araçá (a fruit, Psidium cattleianum)". Araçatuba is located from

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History

Araçatuba was founded on December 2, 1908, and officially established as a municipality on December 8, 1921.

Economy

The

Tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...

is the most relevant for Araçatuba, corresponding to 79.35% of the city GDP. The

Primary sector The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy ...

corresponds to 1.68% of the GDP and the Industry corresponds to 18.97%. Agro-industrial activities are relevant in the region.

Microregion of Araçatuba

Araçatuba is the center of a

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with a population of 256,560 inhabitants (

/2010) an area of 5,365.6 km². This region includes the cities of

Bento de Abreu Bento de Abreu is a municipality near Araçatuba in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 3,005 (2020 est.) in an area of 302 km². The elevation is 431 m. References

Municipalities in São Paulo (state) ...

, Guararapes,

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, Rubiácea, Coroados, Santo Antônio do Aracanguá and

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Transportation

* SP-300 ''Rodovia'' Marechal Cândido Rondon *

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''Rodovia'' Elyeser Magalhães The city is served by the "Dario Guarita Airport". Motorcycles and scooters account for 37% of the total number of vehicles in the city, much higher than the country's average of 27%. http://ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/painel/frota.php?lang=_PT&codmun=350280&search=sao-paulo, aracatuba, infograficos:-frota-municipal-de-veiculos

Events

The ''Expô Araçatuba'' is one of the country's largest agricultural fairs.

Sport

The local

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team is

Associação Esportiva Araçatuba Associação Esportiva Araçatuba, more commonly referred to as Araçatuba, is a Brazilian football club based in Araçatuba, São Paulo. The team compete in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, also kno ...

. Past clubs include

Clube Atlético Ferroviário Clube Atlético Ferroviário, commonly known as Ferroviário, were a Brazilian football team from Curitiba, Paraná state. They won the Campeonato Paranaense eight times. History Clube Atlético Ferroviário were founded on January 12, 1930. The ...

, Araçatuba Futebol Clube, and Atlético Esportivo Araçatuba.

References

External links

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Folha da Região newspaper
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O Liberal Regional newspaper

Photo gallery

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