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Campina Grande

Campina Grande is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, the capital.

Campina Grande
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The place

Campina Grande is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, the capital. It is considered to be the most important city of the Northeastern Brazilian subregion called agreste. It is considered one of the main industrial, technological and educational centers in the northeastern region of Brazil. Settled in the 17th century, the city was officially established in 1864. Campina Grande also has a large cultural agenda, including the world's largest Saint John's Festival, which takes place during the entire month of June.

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Getting to Campina Grande

Airports
Presidente Castro Pinto (JPA), 103 km · Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre (REC), 145 km · Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves (NAT), 172 km
  • João Pessoa → Campina Grande
    113 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · R$34–46
  • Recife → Campina Grande
    143 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · R$50–70
  • Natal → Campina Grande
    176 km · quickest by road, 4h 30m · R$70–90
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No local-transport research exists yet for Campina Grande

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Campina Grande. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Morro de São Paulo and Ilha de TinharéBR

    9 ways of moving, 31 sources

    760 km
  2. 02
    Ilha GrandeBR

    10 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,979 km
  3. 03
    ParamariboSR

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    2,591 km
  4. 04
    GeorgetownGY

    12 ways of moving, 39 sources

    2,922 km
  5. 05
    Santo AntãoCV

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,947 km

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