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Paraguarí

Paraguarí
City
Paraguarí
a street in Paraguarí
a street in Paraguarí
Flag of Paraguarí
Flag
Coat of arms of Paraguarí
Coat of arms
Paraguarí is located in Paraguay
Paraguarí
Paraguarí
Coordinates: 25°38′0″S 57°9′0″W / 25.63333°S 57.15000°W / -25.63333; -57.15000Coordinates: 25°38′0″S 57°9′0″W / 25.63333°S 57.15000°W / -25.63333; -57.15000
Country  Paraguay
Department Paraguarí
District Paraguarí
Founded August 18, 1775
Founded by Agustín Fernando de Pinedo
Government
 • Intendente Municipal Juan Carlos Baruja Fernandez
Area
 • Total 273 km2 (105 sq mi)
Elevation 87 m (285 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 22,154
 • Density 81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone AST (UTC-04)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-03)
Postal code 4000
Area code(s) (595) (531)

Paraguarí (Spanish pronunciation: [paɾaɣwaˈɾi]; Guaraní: Paraguari) is a city, distrito and capital of Paraguarí Department in Paraguay, located 66 km from the country’s capital, Asunción. At the 2002 census it had a population of 22,154.

Paraguarí is called “The cradle of the National Independence”. In that city on January 13, 1811, the Paraguayans Yegros, Gamarra and Cabañas, with their troops, defeated the Argentine Army, commanded by the General Manuel Belgrano in the battle of Cerro Mbaé or Battle of Paraguarí.

Was founded in 1775 over a hill by Agustín Fernando de Pinedo, a time after the banishment of the Jesuits in Paraguay. On August 18, 1960 the town became a district.

The city of Paraguarí is situated 66 km from Asunción, bordering to the north with the Altos Cordillera and to the south with a wide savanna.

It’s surrounded by the hills Saint Thomas, Cerro Peró (Bald Hill) and Cerro Porteño.

The average temperature is of 21 degrees Celsius, the maximum in summer is 39 degrees Celsius and the minimum in winter is 2 degrees Celsius.

Paraguarí has 22,154 inhabitants, from which 11,053 are men and 11,101 women, according to the 2002 census. In the urban area are 8,307 inhabitants and in the rural area are 13,847.

The expansion of the agriculture and livestock industry of the region and an important road network makes of Paraguarí the main supplier of Asunción.

It’s a commercial center for the agriculture products of its inhabitants. Also is an important learning center in the region.

There exist also quarries from which granite and kaolin are extracted.

Paraguarí is 66 km away from Asunción following the Route 1 “Mariscal Francisco Solano López”. To get to Paraguarí one can take an inter-urban bus at the Bus Terminal of Asunción, or at the Eusebio Ayala Road, where a bus leaves for Paraguarí about every 15 minutes.


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