Place:Araçoiaba da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil

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Name
Araçoiaba da Serra
Alternate names
Campo Largo de Sorocaba     (Family History Library Catalog)
Type
City
Located in
São Paulo, Brazil
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Araçoiaba da Serra is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 22,521 and the area is 256.15 km². The elevation is 625 m. The first part of the origin of the name comes from the Tupi language, meaning "hider of the sun." This name comes from a single mountain nearby that the natives noted hid the sun as it set in the area.

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