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Araxa
Coordinates: 36°44′45″N 29°22′08″E / 36.74583°N 29.36889°E Araxa (Ἄραξα was a city of ancient Lycia, according to Alexander Polyhistor, in the second book of his Lysiaca.Ptolemy places it near Sidyma. A rare coin, with the epigraph ΛΥΚΙΩΝ APA., is attributed to this place by Domenico Sestini. It is located at place called Ören, near Fethiye, on the upper portion of the Xanthus River.
Bishopric
Since it was in the Roman province of Lycia, the bishopric of Araxa was a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Myra, the province's capital. The names of four of its bishops are preserved in extant records. Theotimus was at the First Council of Constantinople in 381, Leontius at the Council of Chalcedon in 451, Theodorus at the Trullan Council in 692, and Stephanus at the Second Council of Nicaea in 787.
No longer a residential bishopric, Araxa is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Araxa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Araxá
Araxá is a municipality in southwest Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Its estimated population by IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) in 2012 is 95,888 inhabitants and the area of the municipality is 1,283 km², with 345 km² making up the urban perimeter.
Geography
The elevation of the city center is 973 meters. The highest point in the municipality is Serrra da Bocaina with 1,359 meters, and the lowest point is Rio Capivara with 910 meters. In 2004 the annual average temperature was 20.98 °C. The annual rainfall was 1,905 mm.
Demographics
Origin of the name
The town was named after the Indian tribe "Araxas" who lived there at the time it was first discovered and the name means "the place from where the sun is seen first".
Micro-region
Araxá is a statistical micro-region including 10 municipalities: Araxá, Campos Altos, Ibiá, Nova Ponte, Pedrinópolis, Perdizes, Pratinha, Sacramento, Santa Juliana, and Tapira. The population of this micro-region was 171,936 (2000) in an area of 14,145.60 km².
