Villa Elisa, Paraguay
| Villa Elisa | |
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| Coordinates: 25°30′27″S 57°34′21″W / 25.50750°S 57.57250°WCoordinates: 25°30′27″S 57°34′21″W / 25.50750°S 57.57250°W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Central |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Government | |
| • Intendente Municipal | Lider Santiago Amarilla Rios |
| Area | |
| • Total | 122 km2 (47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 116 m (381 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 75,933 |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | -4 Gmt |
| Postal code | 2610 |
| Area code(s) | (595) (021) |
| Climate | Cfa |
Villa Elisa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiʎa eˈlisa]) is a city in the Central Department of Paraguay on the outskirts of Asuncion. It was the only colony that was inhabited by Swedish people in Paraguay and today is one of the most important and active cities that are part of the Metropolitan Area of the capital. Villa Elisa is an urban city and borders with Asuncion, in the Defensores del Chaco Ave some 16 km away from Asuncion's city centre. It was founded on March 22, 1938.
After the Paraguayan War, Paraguay with its population devastated and poor, was receiving European immigrants, who were given land for the agricultural production and cattle breeding. Around 1890, Belgium immigrants founded the Belgium Colony of Mbocayaty, later added by French and Italian people around 1880 and 1890.
As time went by the inhabitants of the colony began to work in agricultural, specially in the production of fruit. Later the Belgium people migrated to the properties of a Danish person Emilio Johansen, and later on around 1896, the city became Colonia Elisa, as a homage to his wife, Ms Elisa Von Poleski, of an aristocratic German origin (later a street in the city will also have her name).
The first Administrative Board of Villa Elisa was created on June 21, 1899 under the direction of Mr. Emilio Johansen. To the Colonia Elisa new inhabitants arrived later: Scandinavian, Swedish, Danish and German people. With the arrival of more foreigners in the years of 1900 and 1940,the population grew and so the need of a new organization of the institutions, since Paraguay was now going through a lot of internal conflicts and the war with Bolivia, called the Chaco War (1932–1935).
Petroleum refinery operated by Petróleos Paraguayos (Petropar), an institution created by law N 1182, issued on December 23, 1985, is located in Villa Elisa. This refinery was later transformed in an autarquic company, beginning its operations on January 9, 1986.
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