Ypacaraí
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Ypacaraí () is a town in the Central Department of Paraguay on the Lake Ypacarai. On the Paraguayan highway system, it is located between Asunción and Caacupé, near Areguá and San Bernardino. Known as the "City of Folklore" after the Ypacaraí Festival, it is located on the Ybytypanemá mountain range, which is in the Los Altos mountain range, near the Ypacaraí Lake. In 2020, the village had a population of 28,283, and is 64.1 m above sea level. Notable agricultural crops of the area include tobacco and cotton. Lake Ypacaraí is popular with tourists and locals in the landlocked nation of Paragua
Key facts
- Political division.name
- Ypacaraí
- Political division.settlement_type
- District
- Political division.imagesize
- 300px
- Political division.image_caption
- Clockwise from top: the inside of the Mother of Good Counsel Church, a view of the lake, a train departing from the city's station and the city hall building.
- Political division.image_seal
- Ypacaraí coat of arms.png
- Political division.seal_type
- Coat of arms
- Political division.etymology
- Blessed lake
- Political division.nickname
- City of Folklore
- Political division.leader_title1
- Mayor
- Political division.leader_name1
- Raúl Fernando Negrete Caballero (PLRA)
- Political division.area_km2
- 111
- Political division.area_urban_km2
- 363
- Political division.elevation_m
- 64.1
- Political division.population_estimate
- 29,578
- Political division.population_estimate_year
- 2023
- Political division.population_density_km2
- 16.12
- Political division.timezone
- UTC-4
- Political division.calling_code
- 513
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 27379
- Area
- 101
- Elevation
- 70
- Official website
- www.municipios.gov.py/itaugua/municipios.gov.py/itaugua
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- postal code
- 2770
- Commons category
- Ypacaraí, Central
- inception
- 1887-09-13
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Ypacaraí () is a town in the Central Department of Paraguay on the Lake Ypacarai. On the Paraguayan highway system, it is located between Asunción and Caacupé, near Areguá and San Bernardino. Known as the "City of Folklore" after the Ypacaraí Festival, it is located on the Ybytypanemá mountain range, which is in the Los Altos mountain range, near the Ypacaraí Lake. In 2020, the village had a population of 28,283, and is 64.1 m above sea level. Notable agricultural crops of the area include tobacco and cotton. Lake Ypacaraí is popular with tourists and locals in the landlocked nation of Paraguay.
==Etymology== The city was named after its lake, which got its name from Classical Guarani Ĭpacarai, a compound of ĭpa·b and carai·b meaning "blessed lake," due to missionary Luis de Bolaños' 1603 blessing of the lake to contain its waters, since they flooded all the way to the Valley of Pirayú.
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