Paraguarí (city)
| Paraguarí Paraguari |
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Coordinates: 25 ° 37 ′ S , 57 ° 9 ′ W
Paraguarí
Paraguari on the map of Paraguay |
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| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Paraguarí |
| City foundation | 1775 |
| Residents | 23,335 (2002) |
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| surface | 273 km 2 |
| Population density | 81 people / km 2 |
| Post Code | 4000 |
| prefix | (595) (531) |
| Time zone | UTC −4 |
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Paraguarí ( Guaraní Paraguari ) is a city in Paraguay ( South America ). It is the capital of the Paraguarí department and is about 60 km from the capital Asunción .
Paraguarí was founded in 1775 by the governor Agustín Fernando de Pinedo . The nearby hill Cerro Porteño was the scene of a battle on January 15, 1811, in which the Argentine forces under General Manuel Belgrano were defeated by the Paraguayan forces under Colonel Manuel Cavañas. During the Triple Alliance War , Paraguarí was the terminus of the Paraguayan railway line. Artillery Regiment 1 General Bruguez has been stationed here since the 1930s .
The center of the city is the Church of St. Thomas . In a nearby rock grotto ( Gruta de Santo Tomás ), so far undeciphered hieroglyphs are shown, as well as footprints that are said to come from this apostle who, according to a legend, first brought Christianity to Paraguay long before the Spanish .
The city has around 10,300 inhabitants (2006 calculation) .
Personalities
- Federico Chaves (1882–1978), politician and soldier, former President of Paraguay
literature
- R. Andrew Nickson , Historical Dictionary of Paraguay, The Scarecrow Press, Metuchen & London, 1993, ISBN 0-8108-2643-7
