General Artigas
General Artigas | |
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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 |
Coordinates: 26 ° 56 ′ S , 56 ° 13 ′ W
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 .
Sons / daughters of the region
- Celso Esquivel , football player
Web links
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