General Artigas

General Artigas
Basic data
Country	Paraguay
Department	Itapua
surface	1530 km²
Residents	4000
density	2.6 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	PY-7
Website	itapua.gov.py/portal/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=364:general-artigas&Itemid=797Itemid=135

General Artigas , a district in the Itapúa department of Paraguay , was founded in 1789 by the governor Joaquín Alos y Brú under the name Cango-Voví . Since 1942 the place has been called General Artigas , in homage to the Uruguayan freedom fighter General José Gervasio Artigas , who stayed here on his journey from Posadas to Asunción . A Ybyra Pyta - plant still stands in his memory at this point.

General Artigas has about 4,000 inhabitants and is surrounded by the neighboring districts of General Delgado , Coronel Bogado , Carmen del Paraná , Fram , San Pedro del Paraná , José Leandro Oviedo and the departments of Misiones and Caazapá .

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