Paraguarí
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Paraguarí (; ) is a city, district, and capital of Paraguarí Department in Paraguay. It is located 66 km from the country's capital, Asunción. According to the census in 2002, it had a population of 22,154.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Paraguarí
- Settlement.official_name
- Paraguarí
- Settlement.type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Paraguari.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- a street in Paraguarí
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera Municipalidad de Paraguarí.PNG
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo Municipalidad de Paraguarí.PNG
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Paraguay
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Paraguarí
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Paraguarí
- Settlement.leader_title
- Intendente Municipal
- Settlement.leader_name
- Juan Carlos Baruja Fernandez
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- August 18, 1775
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Paraguarí (; ) is a city, district, and capital of Paraguarí Department in Paraguay. It is located 66 km from the country's capital, Asunción. According to the census in 2002, it had a population of 22,154.
== Toponymy == Paraguarí is called “The cradle of the National Independence." In that city on January 13, 1811, the Paraguayans Yegros, Gamarra, and Cabañas, with their troops, defeated the Argentine Army, commanded by General Manuel Belgrano in the Battle of Cerro Mbaé or Battle of Paraguarí.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paraguarí” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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