Seixas Natural Pools, Joao Pessoa, State of Paraiba, Brazil

João Pessoa is a Brazilian municipality, capital and main financial and economic center of the state of Paraíba. With 801 718 inhabitants (estimate of 2016), it is the fifth most populous city in the Northeast Region and the 14th of Brazil and its metropolitan area, formed by João Pessoa and eleven municipalities, has a population of 1,253,930 people (IBGE / 2015 ),

The sixth largest in the Brazilian Northeast
It is known as the “Door of the Sun”, due to the fact that, in the municipality, Ponta do Seixas is located, which is the easternmost point of the Americas, making the city known as the place “where the sun rises first in the Americas “.

Founded in 1585 as the “Royal City of Our Lady of the Snows”, the city of João Pessoa is the third oldest state capital in Brazil, having already been founded as a city. During the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, João Pessoa received the title of “second greenest capital in the world”.

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