Fuerte Olimpo
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| Coordinates: 21°2′15″S 57°52′15″W / 21.03750°S 57.87083°WCoordinates: 21°2′15″S 57°52′15″W / 21.03750°S 57.87083°W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Alto Paraguay |
| Founded | September 25, 1792 |
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| • Intendente municipal | Diego Ricardo Gallagher Villamayor |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,498 |
| Time zone | -4 Gmt |
| Postal code | 9000 |
| Climate | Aw |
Fuerte Olimpo is a city in Paraguay. It is the capital of the department of Alto Paraguay. Straddling the river Paraguay which forms the border with Brazil, Fuerte Olimpo is Paraguay's northernmost departmental capital, located over 830 km (515 mi) north of the capital Asunción. It was originally called Fuerte Borbón. The city is also known as “la puerta de entrada al Pantanal”, or entrance to the Pantanal region.
Fuerte Olimpo is on east of Chaco Boreal on east shore of Paraguay River near the mouth of Blanco River, to the north the moist ground called humedales from the Gran Pantanal. Fuerte Olimpo is far away from the flood area. The city is surrounded by a wall 4 km long.
This plain is almost 300 metres above the sea level. Soil is good for farming and cattle raising. Laguna Capitán is a lagoon in Fuerte Olimpo. Fuerte Olimpo is between two hills, in one is Fuerte Bordón and in the other one is Maria Auxiliadora Cathedral. The hill 3 hermanos are elevations of the region, on top of the middle cerro palms of karanday can be seen and also the moist ground of the Pantanal Nabileque and Sierra de Bordón in Brazil.
The weather is tropical, temperature is around 45 °C (113 °F) in summer, and the minimum 9 °C (48 °F) in winter. The average is 25 °C (77 °F). Long droughts followed by strong rains are important characteristics of the region.
Fuerte Olimpo is a city with 4998 inhabitants, 2585 men and 2413 women, according to the Census.
The city was founded by Spain in 1792 named Fuerte Borbón by the Governor Joaquín Alos y Bru, who sent the Commandant José Antonio de Zavala y Delgadillo, to protect the area from the Virreinato del Río de la Plata from the bandeirantes from Brazil. The first settlement was between the Brazilian Forte Porto Carrero and Fecho dos Morros. Caciques Mbayaes were invited for the foundation.
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