Paraíba
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Paraíba is a state in Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the
Coat of arms of the Captaincy of Paraíba
Frederiksstad, modern-day João Pessoa, in 1638, by Frans Post
João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, governor of Paraíba from 1928 to 1930, the year of his assassination
João Pessoa's mausoleum
Northeast Region, Brazil
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The Northeast Region of Brazil is one of the five official and political regions of the country according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Of Brazil's twenty-six states, it comp
Paraíba
…Paraíba ( PAR-ə-EE-bə, Brazilian Portuguese: ; Tupinambá: pa'ra a'íba) is a state in Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba is the…
View of a sugar-producing farm (engenho) in colonial Pernambuco by Dutch painter Frans Post (17th century).
The historic centre of Salvador, Bahia, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
Recife is the largest metropolitan area of the Northeast Region, and the third largest city of the region.
Coconut trees in Pernambuco