Paraguarí (city)

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Paraguarí
Paraguari
Coordinates: 25 ° 37 ′  S , 57 ° 9 ′  W
Map: Paraguay
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Paraguarí
Paraguari
Paraguarí
Paraguari on the map of Paraguay
Basic data
Country Paraguay
Department Paraguarí
City foundation 1775
Residents 23,335  (2002)
Detailed data
surface 273 km 2
Population density 81 people / km 2
Post Code 4000
prefix (595) (531)
Time zone UTC −4
Church of St. Thomas
Church of St. Thomas

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

Web links

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