San Estanislao
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Coordinates: 24 ° 39 ′ S , 56 ° 26 ′ W
San Estanislao on the map of Paraguay
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| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | San Pedro |
| City foundation | 1750 |
| Residents | 55,150 (2018) |
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| Post Code | 8210 |
| prefix | (595) (43) |
| Time zone | UTC −4 |
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With over 55,000 inhabitants, San Estanislao is the largest city in the Paraguayan department of San Pedro . It is also known under the name of Santaní .
San Estanislao was founded on November 28, 1750 by the Jesuit Sebastián de Yegros as one of the last Jesuit missions and is named after Saint Stanislaus Kostka . There are some cold springs nearby, called Guaraní Ykuá (cold water), which are said to have magical properties.
In 1869, during the Triple Alliance War , the city was temporarily the capital of Paraguay. In the 1890s it became an important trading center for the Anglo-Argentine La Industrial Paraguaya , which had acquired large lands nearby for mate cultivation.
literature
- R. Andrew Nickson: Historical Dictionary of Paraguay , The Scarecrow Press, Metuchen & London, 1993. ISBN 0-8108-2643-7