Captaincy of Paraíba

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Portuguese colonial administrative division captaincy of Brazil

The Captaincy of Paraíba was a colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil located in the northeastern region along the Atlantic coast, centered around the area of present-day Paraíba state.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Captaincy of Rio Grande do Norte	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese colonial administrative division ⓘ captaincy of Brazil ⓘ
administrativeCenter	city of Paraíba ⓘ
administrativeLanguage	Portuguese language ⓘ
borderedBy	Captaincy of Pernambuco NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy of Rio Grande do Norte NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Cidade da Paraíba NERFINISHED ⓘ Filipéia de Nossa Senhora das Neves NERFINISHED ⓘ João Pessoa NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraíba do Norte NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower	Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialSystem	Portuguese captaincy system ⓘ
country	Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdFrom	Captaincy of Itamaracá NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy of Pernambuco NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1821 ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
economyBasedOn	slave labor ⓘ sugar production ⓘ sugarcane cultivation ⓘ
established	1574 ⓘ 16th century ⓘ
establishedBy	Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	hereditary captaincy ⓘ royal captaincy ⓘ
historicalEra	Colonial Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
indigenousPresence	Potiguara people NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn	Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ
locatedOn	Atlantic coast of Brazil ⓘ
mainRiver	Paraíba River NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Paraíba River NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialReligion	Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese America NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Paraíba NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType	coastal captaincy ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy	Province of Paraíba NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantConflict	Dutch–Portuguese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Dutch occupation of Paraíba NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereignSuccessor	Empire of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1574–1821 ⓘ
usedCurrency	Brazilian real (colonial) NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese real NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Captaincy of Pernambuco → borderedBy → Captaincy of Paraíba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Captaincy of Rio Grande do Norte