Bella Vista (District in Paraguay)

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Bella Vista
Basic data
Country Paraguay
Department Itapua
surface 285 km²
Residents 8000
density 28 inhabitants per km²
founding 09/04/1959
ISO 3166-2 PY-7

Coordinates: 27 ° 3 ′  S , 55 ° 35 ′  W

Bella Vista is a district in the Itapúa department of Paraguay . It was founded on October 12, 1918 by the German immigrants Erdmann Fischer and Josef Bohn as a colony on the banks of the Río Paraná . Since September 4, 1959 , Bella Vista has the status of a district in the Itapúa department of Paraguay.

Bella Vista extends over an area of ​​285 km² and has about 8,000 inhabitants. It is surrounded by the neighboring districts Pirapó and Obligado , in the south it borders on the Río Paraná and thus on Argentina .

The district is best known for the cultivation of the mate bush , for which a memorial was placed in front of the town hall .