Para�ba

Also called �Parahyba, or Parahyba Do Norte, � estado (�state�) of northeastern Brazil. Primarily an agricultural state, Para�ba is bounded by the states of Rio Grande do Norte on the north, Cear� on the west, and Pernambuco on the south and by the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Its area is 20,833 square miles (53,958 square km). Its chief river, the Para�ba, rises on the Pernambuco border and enters the Atlantic Ocean near the state capital,