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Encyclopedia Britannica



PARNAHYBA, or PARNAHIBA

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 854 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS
PARNAHYBA, or PARNAHIBA , a port of the state of
Piauhy
 , Brazil, on the right bank of the Parnahyba river, 250 M. below the c pital, Therezina. Pop. of the municipality (18go), 4415. Parnahyba is situated at the point where the most easterly of the
delta
  outlets, or channels, called the Rio Iguarassfi, branches off from the main stream. All the outlet channels of the river are obstructed by bars built up by the strong current along the
Atlantic
 
coast
 , and only vessels of light
draught
  can enter. The town has some well-constructed buildings of the old Portuguese type, including two churches and a fine
hospital
 
    See Also:
. Parnahyba is the commercial entrep8t of the state. It exports hides, goat-skins,
cotton
  and tobacco, chiefly through the small port of Amarracao, at the mouth of the Rio Iguarassiu, 11 m. distant.


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