Paraíba

State o Paraíba
State
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Location o State o Paraíba in Brazil
Coordinates: 7°10′S 36°50′W
Kintra	Brazil
Caipital an Lairgest Ceety	João Pessoa
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Ricardo Coutinho
• Vice Govrenor	Rômulo Gouveia
Area
• Total	56584.6 km2 (21,847.4 sq mi)
Area rank	21st
Population  (2010 census)
• Total	3,766,834
• Rank	13t
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
• Density rank	8t
Demonym(s)	Paraibano
GDP
• Year	2006 estimate
• Total	R$ 19,953,000,000 (19t)
• Per caipita	R$ 5,507 (24t)
HDI
• Year	2005
• Category	0.718 – medium (24t)
Time zone	UTC-3 (BRT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-02 (Brasília Summer)
Postal Code	58000-000 tae 58990-000
ISO 3166 code	BR-PB
Website	pb.gov.br

Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad tae navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ([paɾaˈiba]) is a state o Brazil. It is locatit in the Brazilian Northeast, an is bordered bi Rio Grande do Norte tae the north, Ceará tae the wast, Pernambuco tae the sooth an the Atlantic Ocean tae the east. Paraíba is the third maist densely populatit state o the Northeast; João Pessoa, the sea-bordered state caipital, an Campina Grande, in the interior, rank amang the fifteen-lairgest municipalities in the Northeast o Brazil.^{[citation needit]}

Paraíba is maist populatit alang the Atlantic coast, which extends as far as Ponta do Seixas, the eastmaist point o the Americas. The state is a touristic an industrial hotspot; it is kent for its cultural heritage, amenable climate an geografical featurs, rangin frae the seaside beaches tae the Borborema Plateau. It is namit efter the Paraíba river.^{[citation needit]}

Freemit airtins

• (in Portuguese) Offeecial Wabsteid Archived 2021-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Inglis) Photos o the state Archived 2006-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Inglis) Leet o ceeties in Brazil (aw ceeties an municipalities)