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Sorocabana

Sorocaba

Sorocaba is a city in the interior of . Although almost ignored as a tourist destination, Sorocaba is a large city with strong economy, a charming and well-preserved Downtown, practically no slums, and known as one of the most cycling-friendly cities of the country.
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  • Type: City with 724,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Municipal Zoological Park Quinzinho de Barros and Estádio Municipal Walter Ribeiro.

Park
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The Municipal Zoological Park "Quinzinho de Barros" is a 15-hectare zoo located in the municipality of Sorocaba, state of São Paulo, . It is a member of the Society of Brazilian Zoos, and is considered Brazil's second zoo in terms of species.

Stadium
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is a in Sorocaba, . It has a capacity of 13,722 spectators. It is the home of Esporte Clube São Bento and Clube Atlético Sorocaba.

Church
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The or Metropolitan Cathedral of "Nossa Senhora da Ponte", home of Archdiocese of Sorocaba, located in the Plaza Coronel Fernando Prestes in downtown area of the city of Sorocaba, , .

Sorocaba

Latitude
-23.5003° or 23° 30′ 1″ south
Longitude
-47.4583° or 47° 27′ 30″ west
Population
724,000
Elevation
565 metres (1,854 feet)
Open location code
588JFGXR+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 32552967
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6322598
Wiki­data ID
Q188901
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Sorocaba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سوروكابا”
  • Armenian: “Սորոկաբա”
  • Basque: “Sorocaba”
  • Belarusian: “Саракаба”
  • Bengali: “সরোকাবা”
  • Bishnupriya: “সোরোকাবা”
  • Bulgarian: “Сорокаба”
  • Catalan: “Sorocaba”
  • Cebuano: “Sorocaba”
  • Chechen: “Сорокаба”
  • Chinese: “Sorocaba”
  • Chinese: “索罗卡巴”
  • Chinese: “索羅卡巴”
  • Croatian: “Sorocaba”
  • Czech: “Sorocaba”
  • Danish: “Sorocaba”
  • Dutch: “Sorocaba”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سوروكابا”
  • Esperanto: “Sorocaba”
  • Finnish: “Sorocaba”
  • French: “Sorocaba”
  • Galician: “Sorocaba”
  • German: “Sorocaba”
  • Greek: “Σοροκάμπα”
  • Gujarati: “સોરોકાબા”
  • Hebrew: “סורוקאבה”
  • Hindi: “सोरोकाबा”
  • Hungarian: “Sorocaba”
  • Ido: “Sorocaba”
  • Indonesian: “Sorocaba”
  • Irish: “Sorocaba”
  • Italian: “Sorocaba”
  • Japanese: “ソロカーバ”
  • Kannada: “ಸೊರೊಕಾಬ”
  • Kazakh: “Sorokaba”
  • Kazakh: “Сорокаба”
  • Kazakh: “سوروكابا”
  • Korean: “소로카바”
  • Korean: “소루카바”
  • Latvian: “Sorokaba”
  • Lithuanian: “Sorokaba”
  • Malagasy: “Sorocaba”
  • Malay: “Sorocaba”
  • Marathi: “सोरोकाबा”
  • Mazanderani: “سوروکابا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sorocaba”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sorocaba”
  • Norwegian: “Sorocaba”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sorocaba”
  • Ossetian: “Сорокабæ”
  • Persian: “سوروکابا”
  • Polish: “Sorocaba”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Sorocaba”
  • Portuguese: “Sorocaba”
  • Portuguese: “Sorocabano”
  • Romanian: “Sorocaba”
  • Russian: “Сорокаба”
  • Serbian: “Sorocaba”
  • Serbian: “Sorokaba”
  • Serbian: “Сорокаба”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sorocaba”
  • Silesian: “Sorocaba”
  • Sinhala: “සොරෝකාබා”
  • Slovak: “Sorocaba”
  • Slovenian: “Sorocaba”
  • Spanish: “Sorocaba”
  • Swedish: “Sorocaba”
  • Tamil: “ஸோரோகபா”
  • Tatar: “Сорокаба”
  • Telugu: “సొరొకబ”
  • Thai: “โซโรกาบา”
  • Turkish: “Sorocaba”
  • Ukrainian: “Сорокаба”
  • Urdu: “سوروکابا”
  • Venetian: “Sorocaba”
  • Vietnamese: “Sorocaba”
  • Volapük: “Sorocaba”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sorocaba”
  • Welsh: “Sorocaba”
  • “Sorocaba”

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