Aricanduva is a district in the subprefecture of the same name

Subprefecture of Aricanduva

The Subprefecture of Aricanduva is one of 31 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It comprises three districts: Aricanduva, Carrão, and Vila Formosa....

 in the city of São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

, Brazil

Brazil

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. It is located along the west bank of the Aricanduva River

Aricanduva River

The Aricanduva River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil.-References:*...

, which crosses the city from east to southeast. The name Aricanduva originated from one of the indigenous languages of Brazil known as Tupi

Old Tupi language

Old Tupi or Classical Tupi is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the native Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who lived close to the sea. It belongs to the Tupi–Guarani language family, and which has a written history spanning the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries...

and means "place where there are many palm trees of the airi species".

History

The Aricanduva district was administratively defined in 1999 as part of a general reorganization of the districts and subprefectures of São Paulo. It is believed the district was founded in the earlier 1900s (1902 or 1905).