In Brazil lies the Minas Gerais State towards the southwest of which is a municipality and city called as Araxa. The area of this municipality is 1,283 square kilometes and the urban perimeter makes up 345 square kilometers. The lowest point in this city is Rio Capivara with an altitude of 910 meters and the highest point is Serra da Bocaina at 1,359 meters. The average elevation of the city is 973 meters. The neighboring municipalities are as follows – towards the Southwest is Sacramento, towards the South is Tapira, towards the East is Ibia and towards the North and Northwest is Perdizes. The state capital, Belo Horizonte, is 375 kilometers away. The distance from Rio de Janeiro is 848 kilometers, Brasilia is 600 kilometers while Sao Paulo is 549 kilometers.
The population of Araxa is the year 2007 was 87,764.
The yearly average temperature in 2004 was 20.98 degrees Celsius and the average rainfall was 1,905 millimeters.
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