Arapiraca is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 located in the center of the Brazilian state of Alagoas

Alagoas

Alagoas is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco ; Sergipe ; Bahia ; and the Atlantic Ocean . It occupies an area of 27,767 km², being slightly larger than Haiti...

. It was founded in 1924 and is 135,6 km from the state capital, Maceió

Maceió

Maceió is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state Alagoas, Brazil. The name "maceió" is of Indian origin, and designates the natural spontaneously courses of water which flow out of the soil...

. , it has a population of c. 214,000 inhabitants. Arapiraca is the second largest city in Alagoas.

The city is known mostly for its production of tobacco

Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

 and thus is often considered considered "The Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian Tobacco

Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

 Capital".

Neighboring municipalities

Clockwise from the north:

• north: Igaci
  Igaci
  Igaci is a municipality located in the western of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 25,244 and its area is 334 km²....
  
  
• north-north-east: Craíbas
  Craíbas
  Craíbas is a municipality located in the western of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 22,652 and its area is 275 km²....
  
  
• north-east: Coité do Nóia
  Coité do Nóia
  Coité do Nóia is a municipality located in the center of the Brazilian state of Alagoas....
  
  
• east: Limoeiro de Anadia
  Limoeiro de Anadia
  Limoeiro de Anadia is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 27,280 and its area is 316 km²....
  
  
• south-east: Junqueiro
  Junqueiro
  Junqueiro is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 24,841 and its area is 254,07 km²....
  
  
• south-south-east: São Sebastião
  São Sebastião, Alagoas
  São Sebastião is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population was 31,898 and its area is 306 km²....
  
  
• south: Feira Grande
  Feira Grande
  Feira Grande is a municipality located in the western region of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 22,660 and its area is 156 km²....
  
  
• south-west: Lagoa da Canoa
  Lagoa da Canoa
  Lagoa da Canoa is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 22,549 and its area is 103 km²....
  
  

Sports

Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense

Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense

Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense, usually known by the acronym ASA , sometimes called "ASA de Arapiraca", is a Brazilian football club from Arapiraca, Alagoas state.- History :...

, better known as ASA, is the city's football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club. The club plays its home matches at the Estádio Municipal Coaracy da Mata Fonseca

Estádio Municipal Coaracy da Mata Fonseca

Estádio Municipal Coaracy da Mata Fonseca, also known as Fumeirão, is a stadium in Arapiraca, Brazil. It has a capacity of 12,000 spectators. It is the home of Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B....

.