João Pessoa is the capital and the most populous municipal district of the state of Paraíba. It is known as " the city where the sun is born first ", due to the fact of in the municipal district Seixas' Point to be located, that is the space of more earth to east of America, being its oriental end. The city is also notable for the pleasant climate, for the beauty of its beaches and especially for the beautiful and several architecture monuments and Baroque art, very well conserved. Same environment before the ecological concern that today dominates the world, the pessoense he/she learned how to preserve the nature and to plant trees, what transformed the city in a vast green rug. The city is the “Monday greener to world” with more than seven square kilometers of forest, only losing for Paris. That distinction title was it given in 1992, during for ECO-92. As if they didn't have enough its streets and arboreous neighborhoods, João Pessoa possesses inside of the city, two Atlantic forest reservations that you/they work as a true lung, supplying the necessary oxygen and impeding the progress of the pollution. The first of them is in the central neighborhood of Róger, the Parque Arruda Câmara, or the " Waterspout " as it is known popularly. A mixed of zoo and he/she reserves forest, the Waterspout possesses rare copies of our fauna and flora and you encourage exotic of another continents and the bucolismo of its landscape transforms it in a point of obligatory visitation for the visitors. another forest reservation is the Forest of the Hole, recently transformed in Botanical Garden, more than 400ha of virgin forest, cut by streams and natural sources where it is located one of the largest reservoirs that provision the city. The Forest of the Hole is a true treasure for João Pessoa, enriching its air and maintaining its temperature in pleasant levels, even in the summer. The forest is totally preserved and surrounded to avoid its pillaging and it is good as local of study for researchers that worry about the preservation of the quality of the environment. It was founded on August 5, 1585 with the name of Our Lady of Neves, in honor to the Saint of the day in that was founded. João Pessoa was already born with the city status, never living the villa condition, fact that happened because it was founded by Fazenda Real cupula in a Real Captaincy of the Portuguese Crown. With passing of the time, it went receiving several denominations: Filipéia of Our Lady of Neves, in 1588, the king Filipe II from Spain, when of the Iberian Union. During the Dutch occupation, between 1634 and 1654, Frederikstadt was designated (Frederica), in honor to Its Highness, Princípe Orange, Frederico Henrique. With the Portuguese reconquest, returned the call her Our Lady of Neves, becoming called Parahyba of the North in 1817. Its current denomination, João Pessoa, is a homage to the political paraibano João Pessoa, murdered in 1930 in the city of Recife, when he/she was a Governor (at that time he/she called himself President) of the State. The fact brought great popular commotion, being practically the fuse of the Revolution of 30. The State Legislative Assembly approved the change of the name of the capital on September 4, 1930. João Pessoa was born in Rio Sanhauá's margins and it goes up the slopes in direction to the that today is the downtown. The urban expansion occupied the old rural area of the City. Starting from the second half of the seventies, with the ascension of the marine border, the economy of the area lost a little of its importance of formerly. In what he/she says respect to the architecture, the neighborhoods of the center behave most of the areas that you/they are tombamento object on the part of the protection organs to the patrimony, dentre they Center it Historical, Street of the Trenches and the proximities of the Rua Odon Bezerra, in the neighborhood of Tambiá. The city in elapsing of the Century XX lost importance and he/she saw the ascenção of Campina Grande, city of the interior of the State. The economy pessoense in the first half of the century practically if estagnou. Until the sixties, it was, with an exaggeration perhaps, practically an administrative capital, because Campina Grande, distant city 125km, it almost took the position of João Pessoa of more important city of the State, since in that period Campina Grande blunted as important commercial and industrial pole not only of the State, more of the Northeast Area. João Pessoa in that time hardly had industries and it just carried out administrative functions and you trade. But starting from the sixties, after great private and government investments, so much of the state government as of the federal government, João Pessoa won new industries and importance, reaffirming its position of more important city of the State. João Pessoa is to 3rd older city of Brazil, having been founded in 1585. Known by its peacefulness, for the hospitable people and for its invaluable historical patrimony, the city has been having a great growth in the tourism in the last years. Its position geographical previlegiada is complemented by urban and wild prais. " The amusement concentrates on the beaches of Tambaú, White Cable and Bessa. In the typical bars - where the visitor can appreciate a live good music and to enjoy of the local cookery, especially the fruits of the sea - or in sophisticated night-clubs, with its rhythms of the fashion ". Position: it is located in the portion more oriental of the American Continent and of Brazil with longitude west of 34º47'30 " and south latitude of 7º09'28. Limits: it is Limited to the north with the municipal district of Cabedelo through the river Jaguaribe; to the south with the municipal district of Conde and for the river Gramame; to east with the Oceano Atlântico; and, to west with the municipal districts of Bayeux for the river Sanhauá and Santa Rita for the rivers Mumbaba and Paraíba, respectively. Altitude: THE medium altitude in relation to the level of the sea is of 37m, with maximum altitude of 74 meters in the proximities of the river Mumbaba, prevailing at its urban ranch, plane lands with quotas of the order of 10 meters, in the area initially urbanized. Climate: THE climate of the city belongs to the Mediterranean type or dry native of northeastern Brazil, with annual medium temperatures of 26th C. The Winter begins in March and it finishes in August. They are two climatic stations, the rains happen in the autumn period and winter, and during whole the rest of the year the climate is of a lot of sun. The most usual denomination for the climate of the city is it of Tropical Humid. Relative humidity of the Air: THE annual average is of 80%. Among the months of May to July, the index reaches the maximum, of 87%, corresponding the “time of the rains.” In the driest period, it is reduced for 68%. Vegetation: it Kills Latifoliada Coastal Perenifolia (Atlantic forest, desolated). The city is very well arboreous, being considered to 2nd capital more green of the world, just losing for Paris, the French capital. Density demographic 3.094 inhabitants for km² .