What is "araxa"

Araxá is a municipality in Western 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 , with making up the urban perimeter.

Araxa 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.