Holidays in Brazil? Get to know João Pessoa

Holidays in Brazil? Get to know João Pessoa
João Pessoa is a Brazilian municipality, capital and main financial and economic center of the state of Paraíba. With a population estimated in 2016 of 801,718 inhabitants, it is the eighth most populous city in the Northeast Region and the 23rd in Brazil. The Metropolitan Region of João Pessoa, formed by João Pessoa and 11 other municipalities, has a population estimated in 2016 of 1,253,930 people, the 23rd most populous in Brazil.
It is one of the best quality capitals of the Northeast. Joao Pessoa, at the time, Frederikstad, was one of the two main cities of New Holland, along with Mauritsstadt (present-day Recife), in the second half of the seventeenth century. It has an ancient and vast historical patrimony, similar to that of Olinda (but, unlike the latter, it maintained its headquarters status) .Den 2000 shows João Pessoa as the less unequal capital of the Northeast, according to data from the Institute of Applied Economic Research, The gini coefficient of 0.630, although such an index is considered "very high" according to the UN.
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, which makes the city known as the place "where the sun rises first in the Americas ".Source: Wikipedia