Ypané (Paraguay)

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Ypané
Coordinates: 25 ° 27 ′  S , 57 ° 32 ′  W
Map: Paraguay
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Ypané​
Ypané on the map of Paraguay
Basic data
Country Paraguay
Department Central
City foundation March 23, 1538
Residents 52,700  (2018)
Detailed data
surface 52.7 km²
height 70  m
Post Code 2660
prefix (595) (275)
Time zone UTC −4
Monument in Ypané to the battle of Ytororó
Monument in Ypané to the battle of Ytororó

Ypané is a city and a district in the Central Department, 27 km from Asunción . It was founded on March 23, 1538 as a Franciscan reduction by Domingo Martínez de Irala . The name refers to the stream Ypané that crosses the district. The city has 12,400 inhabitants, the entire district about 52,700.

This is where the Battle of Ytororó in the Triple Alliance War took place on December 6, 1868 . In order to occupy a strategically important bridge over the Ytotoró, around 4,000 Paraguayan soldiers fought against 12,000 men of the opposing allies. In the end, the opposing troops who were able to advance to Villeta won . There were 1,484 injured and 285 dead among the Allies, 786 injured and 330 dead among the Paraguayans. A memorial was erected on the bank of the river to commemorate the bloody battle.

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  • Plaza of Ypané

  • Ypané Church

  • Ypané Church (inside)

  • Domingo Martínez de Irala

  • On the outskirts of Ypané

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population statistics (PDF) p. 36 dgeec.gov.py , accessed on December 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Cities and Towns citypopulation.de , July 1, 2018, accessed December 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ Ciudad Histórica centralpy.com , accessed December 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ Aniversario de la Batalla de Ytororó ejercito.mil.py , June 12, 2017, accessed on November 5, 2018.