San Lorenzo (Paraguay)

San Lorenzo
Coordinates: 25 ° 20 ′  S , 57 ° 31 ′  W San Lorenzo​ San Lorenzo on the map of Paraguay
Basic data
Country	Paraguay
Department	Central
City foundation	August 10, 1775
Residents	287,977  (2002)
City insignia
Detailed data
Post Code	2160
prefix	021
Time zone	UTC −4
City Presidency	Albino Néstor Ferrer Araujo (2015-2020)
Website	www.sanlorenzomuni.gov.py
San Lorenzo Cathedral

The university city of San Lorenzo is the seat of the largest university in Paraguay, the Universidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA). The district is located in the Central Department in Paraguay , about 13 kilometers east of the capital Asunción .

San Lorenzo has 287,977 inhabitants (2002 census) and is one of the largest cities in Paraguay.

history

San Lorenzo was founded in 1775 by the Spanish governor Augustin Fernando de Pinedo. In the 1970s, most of the faculties at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción were relocated to a new campus in San Lorenzo.

The city has been the seat of the diocese of San Lorenzo since 2000 .

traffic

San Lorenzo is a junction on Paraguay's traffic axes, as Ruta 1 leads to Encarnación and Ruta 2 to Coronel Oviedo and Ciudad del Este .

Town twinning

• Taketa , since 1973

literature

• R. Andrew Nickson: Historical Dictionary of Paraguay, The Scarecrow Press, Metuchen & London, 1993

Web links

• Geographical coordinates and satellite image of San Lorenzo

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