Villarrica (Paraguay)
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Coordinates: 25 ° 47 ′ S , 56 ° 27 ′ W
Villarrica on the map of Paraguay
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| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Guairá |
| City foundation | 1570 |
| Residents | 66,000 |
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| surface | 247 km 2 |
| Population density | 267 inhabitants / km 2 |
| height | 180 m |
| Post Code | 5000 |
| prefix | 0541 |
| Time zone | UTC −4 |
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Villarrica is a university town and climatic health resort in the center of southern Paraguay and has around 66,000 inhabitants (2015 calculation) . It is the capital of the Guairá department and is 140 km east-southeast of Asunción . The nearby mountainous Ybytyruzu National Park is attractive to tourists.
geography
Villarrica borders in the north with Yataity del Guairá and Mbocayaty del Guairá , in the west with Félix Pérez Cardozo and Itapé , in the east with Colonia Independencia and General Eugenio A. Garay , and in the south with San Salvador and Borja .
The Ruta 8 road runs through the city from Coronel Oviedo to Coronel Bogado .
history
The city was originally founded on May 14, 1570 under the name Villa Rica del Espíritu Santo by the conquistador Ruy Díaz de Melgarejo on the banks of the Río Paraná and only moved to the current location in 1682 , after which, according to legend, the location moved seven times to different hills . These seven hills together make up today's urban area. In the late colonial period, the city flourished and was almost as important as Asunción until it was almost completely destroyed in the Triple Alliance War . In 1889 it was connected to Asunción by the Paraguayan railway line.
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Villarrica
Source: wetterkontor.de
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economy
Villarrica has sugar factories, mills, sawmills, tanneries, distilleries and shoe factories. Among other things, mate tea , tobacco , cotton , sugar cane and oranges are exported .
education
Villarrica is the headquarters of the Universidad Nacional de Villarrica del Espíritu Santo - UNVES. There are also branches of other universities in the city:
- Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción - UC
- Universidad Técnica de Comercialización y Desarrollo - UTCD
- Universidad Politécnica y Artística del Paraguay - UPAP
- Universidad del Norte - UniNorte
Religion and culture
Villarrica is a cultural center. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo and has a large cathedral that attracts many pilgrims. It has a city theater, a city museum, a chamber orchestra and a city dance school. Paraguay's first poet, Natalicio Talavera , and the country's first future saint, María Guggiari Echeverría, came from Villarrica .
Born in Villarrica
- Natalicio Talavera ( 1839-1867 ), Paraguay's first poet
- María Guggiari Echeverría ( 1925-1959 ), first future Saint of Paraguay, beatification on June 23, 2018
- Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid (* 1944), religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Asunción
- Eladio Vera (* 1948), football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Villarrica, ciudad con historia, de personajes y lugares encantadores adndigital.com.py , May 13, 2018, accessed on February 11, 2019.
- ↑ Natalicio Talavera, primer poeta épico del Paraguay, nacía un 8 de septiembre de 1839 radio1000.com.py , September 8, 2016, accessed on February 11, 2019.
- ↑ María Felicia of Jesus in the Sacrament Guggiari Echeverría heiligenlexikon.de , accessed on February 11, 2019.
