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Encyclopedia Britannica



PARAHYBA (PARAHYBA DO NORTE)

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 759 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS
PARAHYBA (PARAHYBA DO NORTE) , a city and port of Brazil,
capital
  of Parahyba state, on the right bank of the Parahyba do Norte river, 11 m. above its mouth and 65 m. N. of Recife. Pop. (189o), 18,645, including several suburbs and Cabedello; (1908, estimate), 30,000. Parahyba is the starting-point of the
Conde
  d'Eu railway, now a part of the
Great
  Western of Brazil
system
 , which includes a main line to Independencia, where it connects with the
Natal
  & Nova Cruz line of Rio Grande do Norte, and a branch to Cabedello. The entrance to the Parahyba do Norte River being obstructed bya stone
reef
  and sand bars, only vessels drawing less than 14 ft. can effect an entrance. The " Varadouro," as the lower part of the city is called, is built on the margin of the river and is devoted principally to commerce. Behind this is a low hill on whose northern slope and broad summit the upper city is built, and a tramway line runs to the suburb of Trincheira. There are some good public buildings, including the parish church (matrix) of N.S. das Neves, the old Franciscan convent and church, the government palace, and the treasury. There are a normal school, a lyceum, a national gymnasium, and a school for marine apprentices. Parahyba was founded in 1585. It was called Frederickstadt by the Dutch, who occupied the Franciscan convent as a government
house
 , and Felippea in honour of the king of Spain when the Dutch were expelled. Its
original
  name was resumed on the separation (164o) of Portugal and her colonies from Spanish
rule
 .


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