Belém, Paraíba

Belém is a city in the Brazilian state of Paraíba. In 2006 lived in Belém 17 315 ​​people to 100 km ².

Location

Belem is located in the east of the country. At the border with the State of Rio Grande do Norte in the north to Nova Cruz is 30 km away. The Atlantic coast is 65 km to the east. According to Joao Pessoa, the capital of the State in the southeast and 90 km and 18 km in the south after Guarabira, measured in a straight line. 4 km south of the road PB passes 105 and 5 kilometers east of the PB 099

History

When in 1871 the Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception were built some houses, the town was known gengibre ( ginger), as was cultivated and traded in the region of ginger. At the beginning of the twentieth century Capuchin missionaries arrived in the meantime grown village, whether the many fights among the residents, with a milder place names sought to change the aggressive behavior of residents. So the name was Belem ( Bethlehem =, = " house of bread ").

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Prefecture

School

Church of Our Lady