Campina Grande

Campina Grande is the second most populous Brazilian metropolis within the State of Paraiba after Joao Pessoa, the capital. It is taken into consideration to be the most crucial metropolis of the Northeastern Brazilian subregion known as agreste. It is considered one of the main commercial, technological and educational centers inside the northeastern place of Brazil. The metropolis changed into formally based in 1864. Campina Grande additionally has a big cultural time table, including the arena's biggest Saint John's Festival, which takes area at some stage in the whole month of June.

The founding of Campina Grande is credited to Captain Teodosio de Oliveira Ledo who led a set of Arius Indians to settle the land and start farming on December 1, 1697. However, some historians do now not agree with this model and advise that the vicinity turned into already a agreement and named Campina Grande when Teodosio arrived with the Arius. This role is truly supported through the truth that Campina Grande is in a crucial geographic vicinity for humans journeying between the highlands and the coast.