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Campina Grande (kəmpē`nä grän`dĭ), city (1991 pop. 326,307), Paraíba state, NE Brazil, on the Borborema plateau. It is an important commercial and financial center and a shipping point for products from the Brazilian interior (hides and skins, cotton, and agave). Campina Grande manufactures metal products, plastics, pharmaceuticals, leather, and textiles. Other industries in the city are linked to agriculture and cattle raising; beans, cassava, sisal, and cotton are the chief agricultural products. The city was founded in the late 17th cent. and developed rapidly as an important point on the route from the coast to the interior. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Based in the small city of Campina Grande, young company founders Romero Motta and Admilson Maia claim to have racked up twenty-three prizes in four years of making work. 5) This essay will discuss the legal precedent for employing the labor of orphans, and then will examine in some detail use of that labor in Campina Grande between 1850 and 1888. and are located in the cities of Joao Pessoa and Campina Grande, both in the state of Paraiba, Petrolina, state of Pernambuco, and Teresina, state of Piaui. |
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