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Paraba | colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Statistics | | Capital: | Joo Pessoa | | Area: | 56,372 km² | | Inhabitants: | 3,436,000 (2002) | | Pop. density: | 61 inh./km² | | Timezone: | GMT -3 | | ISO 3166-2: | BR-PB | | Governor: | Cssio Cunha Lim | | colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map | | colspan=2 align=center|Map of Brazil highlighting the state | Paraba is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It contains the easternmost land of the Americas. History In the mid-1500s, Portuguese settlers from Pernambuco founded Filipia de Nossa Senhora das Neves (today Joo Pessoa) at the mouth of the Paraba River. The area soon proved perfect for sugar production, with the French, the Dutch and the Portuguese all constantly fighting to control the Paraba region to grow the lucrative sugarcane in. The fortress of Santa Catarina, near Joo Pessoa, was built to protect the city from the Dutch, who soon became the greater threat to Portuguese supremacy in Brazil. Economy The Paraba economy is largely based around three things; the making of shoes and other leather products, the raising of cattle for beef, and sugarcane. Though historically, sugarcane has dominated the Paraba agricultural sector, many pineapples are grown also. Flag The word ngo is Portuguese for "I deny", referring to the view of the Paraba state of Julio Prestes, a president in the 1920s whose policies provoked a revolt in southern Brazil. Joo Pessoa joined the alliance (Minas Gerais-Rio Grande do Sul-Paraba) for the candidacy of Getlio Vargas as president. According to the government official site of the state of Paraba, the red stands for the blood due to assassination of Joo Pessoa; and the black comes from the mouring feeling after the assassination. Some associate the colors to communism and anarchism, but this interpretation doesn't echoe in anything from the Paraiba's history, were the powers are usually held by great landowners who exchanges favours with the politics. Other Cities
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