Paraiba Attractions
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Paraíba
Paraíba, Brazil's most easterly state, is bordered on the north by Rio Grande do Norte, on the west by Ceará and on the south by Pernambuco.
History
Paraíba was one of the earliest areas to be colonized after the discovery of Brazil. From 1580 onwards settlers advanced from the port of Recife to the south, in what is now Pernambuco state, into territory then occupied by Indians. From 1635 to 1654 it lay within the Dutch sphere of influence.
The population of the state is concentrated in the coastal lowlands and on the eastern slopes of the Brazilian Highlands. In the arid region of the sertão, once the haunt of the legendary and now romanticized cangaceiros (bandits), cattle are now reared and cotton grown with the help of irrigation.
Paraíba, Brazil's most easterly state, is bordered on the north by Rio Grande do Norte, on the west by Ceará and on the south by Pernambuco.
History
Paraíba was one of the earliest areas to be colonized after the discovery of Brazil. From 1580 onwards settlers advanced from the port of Recife to the south, in what is now Pernambuco state, into territory then occupied by Indians. From 1635 to 1654 it lay within the Dutch sphere of influence.
The population of the state is concentrated in the coastal lowlands and on the eastern slopes of the Brazilian Highlands. In the arid region of the sertão, once the haunt of the legendary and now romanticized cangaceiros (bandits), cattle are now reared and cotton grown with the help of irrigation.
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