Caacupé
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Caacupé (; Guarani: Ka'akupe , literally: "Behind the Mount") is a city and district in Paraguay. It is the capital of the department of Cordillera.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Caacupé
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City and district
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Caacupe.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Basilica of Caacupé, Paraguay
- Settlement.image_flag
- Banderakaqp.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- kaqplogo.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Paraguay
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Paraguay
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cordillera
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Diego Armando Riveros Gonzalez
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 145
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2019
- Settlement.population_total
- 56864
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Caacupé
- Population
- 56047
- Area
- 145
- Elevation
- 179
- Official website
- www.mcaacupe.com
- Image
- Basílica de Caacupé.jpg
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- Commons category
- Caacupé
- postal code
- 030101–030123
- native label
- Caacupé
- inception
- 1770-00-00
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Caacupé (; Guarani: Ka'akupe , literally: "Behind the Mount") is a city and district in Paraguay. It is the capital of the department of Cordillera.
The town was founded in 1770 by Carlos Murphy, a grenadier in the service of King Charles III of Spain, although a settlement existed here from the 17th century.
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3 mapped locations
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Paraguay
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time zone
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UTC−03:00
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Charles III of Spain
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telephone numbering plan
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department
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Cordillera Department
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department of Paraguay
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list of cities in Paraguay
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Caacupé
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Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles, Caacupé
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Paraguayan Guaraní
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