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Paraíba
Paraíba is a state in north-eastern Brazil on the Atlantic coast, between Rio Grande do Norte and Pernambuco, with its capital at João Pessoa. Founded as a Portuguese captaincy in 1585 to grow sugar, it was occupied by the Dutch between 1634 and 1654. It joined the Pernambucan revolt of 1817 and the Confederation of the Equator in 1824.
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