San Estanislao
| San Estanislao de Kostka | |||
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| Nickname(s): Santaní | |||
 San Estanislao de Kostka
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| Coordinates: 24°39′0″S 56°26′0″W / 24.65000°S 56.43333°WCoordinates: 24°39′0″S 56°26′0″W / 24.65000°S 56.43333°W | |||
| Country | Paraguay | ||
| Department | San Pedro | ||
| Founded | November 13, 1749 by the Jesuit Sebastián Yegros | ||
| Government | |||
| • Intendente Municipal | Andrés Rafael Jara Melo | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 2,625 km2 (1,014 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 134 m (440 ft) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| • Total | 52,983 | ||
| • Density | 20.18/km2 (52.3/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | -4 Gmt | ||
| Postal code | 8210 | ||
| Area code(s) | (595) (43) | ||
San Estanislao de Kostka (usually referred to as San Estanislao or, more commonly, Santaní) is a city and district in the department of San Pedro, Paraguay.
San Estanislao was founded on November 13, 1749 by Father Sebastián de Yegros, a Jesuit priest from Asunción after Saint Stanislaus. The town was founded as a Jesuit mission with the goal of converting the surrounding Indian population.
The city is named for Stanisław Kostka, a Polish priest who was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII on November 13, 1726, 23 years before San Estanislao was founded.
Santaní, as the city is commonly referred to locally and throughout Paraguay, is a contraction of the word for saint in Spanish ("san") and the word for Estanislao in Guaraní ("taní"). People from Santaní are referred to as "santanianos" in Spanish.
In 1869, during the Paraguayan War, San Estanislao was briefly the seat of the national government under Marshall Francisco Solano López. Following battles elsewhere in Paraguay, López and several of his regiments passed through the city. López governed from the city from August 23 to 31.
Around 1880, San Estanislao became home to immigrants both from other parts of Paraguay and from Europe, especially from Germany and Italy. The influence of the Italian immigrants, in particular, can still be seen today in various buildings in Italian styles and the last names of some of the oldest Santaniana families.
Decades later, around 1920, Santaní also received immigrants from Lebanon. After arriving at Itacurubí del Rosario, some of the new arrivals made their way to Santaní. Other countries that sent relatively large numbers of immigrants to the city were France, Portugal, Brazil and Spain.
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