Limpio
| Limpio | |
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| San José de los Campos Limpios de Tapúa. | |
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| Coordinates: 25°10′06″S 57°29′39″W / 25.16833°S 57.49417°WCoordinates: 25°10′06″S 57°29′39″W / 25.16833°S 57.49417°W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Central |
| Founded | February 1, 1785 |
| Founded by | Friar Luís de Bolaños |
| Government | |
| • Intendente Municipal | Octaciano Claudio Gomez Berlangieri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 117 km2 (45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 87 m (285 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 87,301 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 2020 |
| Area code(s) | (595) (291) |
| Climate | Am |
The city of Limpio (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlim.pjo]; formerly known as Tapúa) is located in the Central Department, Paraguay. It was founded on February 2, 1785, by the Friar Luís de Bolaños under the name of San José de los Campos Limpios de Tapúa.
It was one of the first centers of Spanish–Guaraní crossbreeding. It is bordered by three rivers: The Paraguay River, the Salado River and the San Francisco River. Its saint patron is Saint Joseph.
This city is considered to be one of the first towns in the country.
It has an approximate area of 117 square kilometres (45 sq mi) shared in 9 companies and 20 urban neighborhoods and villas. Some of them still have a purely agricultural-rural character, while others are more urbanized.
Is located 23 kilometres (14 mi) away from Asunción, between the urbanized cities of the Central Department. To get there you should take the Route 3 "General Elizardo Aquino". Because of the explosive growth rate and its high population density, as well as a lack of infrastructure, it is a challenge for its inhabitants to develop opportunities.
The city has a port over the Paraguay River named "Piquete Cué" that in its early times enabled commercial activities for the local industries. This district is an immigration center because of the nearness to Asunción and its infrastructure.
Although the reference to its origin is related to the era of the Spanish conquest, the history of Limpio does not have any chronological story.
For clearing out the data of its origin we have to go back in the time that the Captain of Vergara, Domingo Martínez de Irala, came to the region in 1537 and started the crossbreeding marrying himself with the daughter of the Chief Mkirase, Yvoty Sa'yju (later renamed as Leonor), and acquired "carte blanche" among the natives. This title was later self-attributed by Mariano Roque Alonso.
It maintains a privileged geographical position, bordered by ample and fertile valleys surrounding the Campos Limpios de Tapu'a (Clean Fields of Tapu'a). Because of that, for a long time this place was named San José de los Campos Limpios, but the name was later shortened to Limpio.
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