• Ministry started on December 2005 in Patos,

state of Paraiba, Brazil

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*City: Patos State: Paraíba Population: approx. 100,000 habitants

• one of the poorest states

• situated in the northeast of Brazil

• Patos is the third biggest city in Paraíba

• semidesert (arid area that has some of the

characteristics of a desert but has greater

annual precipitation)

Paraíba, Brazil

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