João Pessoa
municipality of Paraíba state, Brazil
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Summary
João Pessoa is a municipality of Brazil[1]. It ranks in the top 0.27% of municipality of brazil entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,295 views/month, #13 of 4,882).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Paraíba[4]
- Country: Brazil[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Shares border with: Cabedelo[7], Conde[8], Bayeux[9], Santa Rita[10]
- Anthem: Anthem of João Pessoa[11]
- Named after: João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque[12]
- Flag: flag of João Pessoa[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Ovar[14]
- Legislative body: municipal chamber of Joao Pessoa[15]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of João Pessoa[16]
- Postal code: 58000-001 58099-999[17]
- Commons category: João Pessoa[18]
- Local dialing code: 083[19]
- Inception: 1585[20]
- Official website: http://www.joaopessoa.pb.gov.br[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:João Pessoa, Paraíba[22]
- Commons gallery: João Pessoa[23]
- Human Development Index: 0.763[24]
- Population: 801,718[25], 817,511[26], 825,796[27], 833,932[28], 597,934[29], 723,515[30], 693,082[31], 702,235[32], 733,154[33], 742,478[34], 769,607[35], 780,738[36], 791,438[37], 800,323[38]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of João Pessoa[39]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40]
- Capital of: Paraíba[41]
- Official name: João Pessoa[42]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in João Pessoa[43]
Why It Matters
João Pessoa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]