Araras () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

located in the interior of

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. The population is 135,506 as of the 2020

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estimate.

Etymology

Araras means

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Sports

União São João Esporte Clube, founded in 1981, is the most successful football club of the city.

Notable residents

Alice Piffer Canabrava Alice Piffer Canabrava ( Araras, SP, Brazil, October 22, 1911 – São Paulo, SP, Brazil, February 2003) was a Brazilian economic historian and academic. Life and career Alice Piffer Canabrava was born in Araras, SP, a region, at the time, ...

, economic historian * Thiago Andrade, Soccer Player

References

Populated places established in 1862 1862 establishments in Brazil {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub