Ingá is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Paraíba
Paraíba ( , ; ) is a states of Brazil, state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba i ...
in the
Northeast Region of
Brazil
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.
A notable landmark of Ingá is the
Ingá Stone
The Ingá Stone (''Pedra do Ingá'' in Portuguese) is located in the middle of the Ingá River near the small city of Ingá, Paraíba, Ingá, from João Pessoa, Paraíba, João Pessoa, in Paraíba State in the northeast of Brazil. The Ingá Ston ...
, a rock with huge
pre-Columbian
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European col ...
inscriptions which are still undeciphered.
See also
*
List of municipalities in Paraíba
This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Paraíba, Paraíba (PB), located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil. Paraíba is divided into 223 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, which are g ...
References
Municipalities in Paraíba
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