San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

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San Juan Bautista
Coordinates: 26 ° 40 ′  S , 57 ° 9 ′  W
Map: Paraguay
marker
San Juan Bautista​
San Juan Bautista on the map of Paraguay
Basic data
Country Paraguay
Department Misiones
Residents 18,000 
City insignia
Escudo de San Juan Bautista.jpg
Flag of San Juan Bautista Misiones.png
Detailed data
Courthouse
Courthouse

San Juan Bautista is the capital of the Misiones Department in southern Paraguay . It has more than 18,000 inhabitants.

In the city is the seat of the diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones . The city's patron is John the Baptist .

location

The city is located about 200 km south of Asunción .

history

The city was founded during the government of Carlos Antonio López , and in 1893 it was declared a small city by decree by Juan Gualberto González . Since 1945 is the capital of the Misiones Department.

Personalities

  • Agustín Pío Barrios Mangoré (born May 5, 1885 in San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay, † August 7, 1944 in San Salvador), Paraguayan composer and one of the first guitar virtuosos in South America

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ abc.com.py
  2. ↑ mec.gov.py Internet presence of the Paraguayan Ministry of Education