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Miss Paraguay
Miss Paraguay is a national Beauty pageant in Paraguay. The contest has responsibility to select its winner to the Miss Universe. In addition, delegates for regional competitions are also selected such as Reina Hispanoamericana, Miss Continente Americano and Miss América Latina. History Miss Paraguay The Miss Paraguay beauty pageant, created in 1957 dictator of Stroessner and Secretary of Tourism Paraguay then in 1990 Guillermo Rolon (President of Miss Paraguay) and Canal 9 took over Miss Paraguay until 2001, nowadays sends delegates to Reinado Internacional del Café held annually in Colombia, Miss Ambar Mundial, Miss Teen Panamericana, Miss Intercontinental, and Miss Globe International held each year in the eastern Mediterranean region. It was not held in 1959, 1968, 1969, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In the 1996 edition of the Miss Ambar Mundial Pageant was Adriana Baum of Paraguay was winner, she was also the winner of the 1997 Miss Teen Panamericana pageant. The pagean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty Pageant
A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, talent, character, and charitable involvement, through private interviews with judges and answers to public on-stage questions. The term beauty pageant refers originally to the Big Four international beauty pageants. Pageant titles are subdivided into Miss, Mrs. or Ms., and Teen – to clearly identify the difference between pageant divisions. Hundreds and thousands of beauty contests are held annually, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. For example, ''The Wall Street Journal'', BBC News, CNN, Xinhua News Agency, and global news agencies such as Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Department
Central () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Areguá. With 2,243,792 inhabitants, it is the most populated and the smallest of the 17 departments of Paraguay. Boundaries *North: the departments of Cordillera and Presidente Hayes *West: the Argentine province of Formosa separated by the Paraguay River, and the capital district, Asunción. *East: the department of Paraguarí *South: the department of Ñeembucú Districts The department is divided in 19 districts: Geography The mountainous area of Altos and the bodies of water such as the Paraguay and the Salado rivers, the lakes Ypacaraí and Ypoá, and the pond Cabral are part of the natural limits in Central. These along with other regions in the south section generate a good potential of resources for the diverse activities such as tourism and even agriculture. Education Paraguay’s Central Department (a “department” is similar to a state or province in other countries) enjoys one of the nation’s high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro Department, Paraguay
San Pedro () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú. History During the 17th and 18th centuries there was even greater political and population instability than in Concepción. The Mbayá and Payagua native tribes threatened all the area between the Ypané (in the north) and Manduvirá (in the south) Rivers and the valley by the Jejuí River. In 1660 the natives revolted in Arecajá against the postal parcel system, causing the disappearance of this town. To help regenerate this area, the Missions San Estanislao (1749), Villa del Rosario (1786) and San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú (1786) were founded. The second department of the country, San Pedro, was created by law in 1906, and included the territories of Itacurubí del Rosario, Santa Rosa del Aguaray, Tacuatí, Unión, Ygatimi and Curuguaty, as well as the area of Canindeyú. Its limits were defined finally in 1973. In 1941, the Bruderhof, an Anabaptist group fleeing Nazi perse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ñeembucú Department
Ñeembucú (; Guaraní: ''Ñe'ẽmbuku'') is a department located in the south of the Eastern Region of Paraguay. The capital is Pilar. The department is almost entirely rural, and is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved Jesuit ruins, which are located near the town of Humaitá. Districts The department is divided in 16 districts: # Alberdi # Cerrito # Desmochados # General José Eduvigis Díaz # Guazú Cuá # Humaitá # Isla Umbú # Laureles # Mayor José J. Martinez # Paso de Patria # Pilar # San Juan Bautista del Ñeembucú # Tacuaras # Villa Franca # Villa Oliva # Villalbín Land The terrain in Ñeembucú is markedly flat, covered mostly in flat, grassy fields only broken by the occasional wetland swamp or green "monte". Montes, despite their name, are not mountains at all, but patches of dense trees and brush that provide shade to the cattle who graze on the flat plains surrounding them. Almost all of the land in Ñeembucú is used for grazing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boquerón Department , a Spanish dish of marinated anchovies
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Boquerón may refer to: *Boquerón, Cuba *Boquerón, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico *Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico *Boquerón Bay, Puerto Rico *Boquerón, Chiriquí, Panama *Boquerón Department, Paraguay *Boquerón (island), an island in the Archipelago of San Bernardo governed by Colombia *Boquerón River, Honduras *Playa de Boquerón (Boquerón Beach) the beach adjacent to Boquerón Bay *El Boquerón (El Salvador), a volcano *El Boquerón (Honduras), a mountain *El Boquerón Natural Monument, a national monument on the eponymous Honduran mountain * Battle of Boquerón (1932) of the Chaco War *Battle of Boquerón (1866) of the Paraguayan War See also *Boquerones Boquerones en vinagre are a type of appetizer or tapa found in Spain. The central ingredient of the dish is the ''boquerones'', fresh anchovies. The fillets are marinated in vinegar or a mixture of vinegar and olive oil, and seasoned with ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canindeyú Department
Canindeyú () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Salto del Guairá. Canindeyú comes from the Guarani words Kaninde - macaw; ju - yellow, blue-and-yellow macaw (''Ara ararauna''). Districts The department is divided in 16 districts: # Corpus Christi # Curuguaty # General Francisco Caballero Alvarez (Puente Kyhá) # Itanará # Katueté # La Paloma # Nueva Esperanza # Salto del Guairá # Villa Ygatimí # Yasy Cañy # Ypehú # Ybyrarobaná # Yby Pytá # Maracanà # Puerto Adela #Laurel Laurel may refer to: Plants * Lauraceae, the laurel family * Laurel (plant), including a list of trees and plants known as laurel People * Laurel (given name), people with the given name * Laurel (surname), people with the surname * Laurel (mus ... The eastern part of Canindeyu is very green; mostly rolling hills and soy bean farms. A fair portion of the population consists of Brazilian immigrants. See also * List of high schools in Canindeyú References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itapúa Department
Itapúa () is a department in the southern region of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Encarnación. It is divided into 30 districts, more than any other district in the country. History This department was created after the breakup of the Misiones Department, with the city of Encarnación as the capital. It had high economic growth in the first 30 years of the arrival of immigrants and the Carlos Antonio Lopez Railway; the growth was accompanied by several ups and downs. An era of decline followed until the 1950s when the Carnaval Encarnaceno became better known and attracted tourists from various regions. In the 1980s the department became more industrial, but modestly so compared with other departments like the Central Department. In 1989 the Yacyretá Dam displaced the people living in the Yacyretá Reservoir; the displacement still continues. The San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge was inaugurated in 1991, connecting not only the city of Encarnación and Posa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amambay Department
Amambay () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Pedro Juan Caballero. The name comes from the name of a part of the Caaguazú Cordillera, " Amambai Mountains". Amambay is the name of a fern, typical of the forest in the region. Districts The department is divided in 6 districts: # Bella Vista # Capitán Bado # Karapaí # Pedro Juan Caballero # Zanja Pytá # Cerro Corá History For a long time, the land was occupied by the natives of the region and suffered the attacks of the Bandeirantes that were looking for the Guaranís, who were able to find refuge in the jungle of the area. After the Paraguayan War, vast expanses of land passed to the hands of foreign businessmen dedicated to exploiting yerba mate and lumber. Pedro Juan Caballero was found in 1893, and Bella Vista, in 1902. The department of Amambay was created in 1945 as the No. 10 department of the country. After some reorganization it was declared as the No. 13 department. The population in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guairá Department
Guairá () is a Department (subnational entity), department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Villarrica, Paraguay, Villarrica. It covers a surface of , with a population of 178,130 inhabitants (2002). One can arrive there by taking the Number 8 Blas Garay Road. It was founded on May 14, 1570, by Ruy Diaz Melgarejo, Ruiz Diaz de Melgarejo. History Until circa the 19th century, the departmenti was called ''La Guayra'' or ''Guairá'', or also ''La Pineria'' (meaning "the Cury forests"); the region was under the jurisdiction of Cabildo de Asunción on the east of the Paraguay River until the line of the Treaty of Tordesillas, Tratado de Tordesillas. This place was also site of the first great Jesuit mission of Guayra, having the borders around the northern limits, the Paranapanema River, or according to other versions, the Tiete River, and the Iguazu River on the south. It used to be called Guayra o Guaira, a large territory that currently corresponds to the state of Parana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordillera Department
Cordillera () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Caacupé. History During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this area of the country was going through a serious crisis due to population bellicosity of the Indians from Chaco. The villagers from Tobatí located north of the river Pirapo then called, had to migrate south for the continue attacks by Mbaye-guaicurúes. The residents of Altos, Paraguay), Altos and Atyrá created their current settlements in the territory of this department. There were also some settler farmers who were scattered in existing territories Arroyos y Esteros, Primero de Marzo, 1 de Marzo, Caraguatay (Paraguay), Caraguatay and Piribebuy. Towards the end of the eighteenth century these small towns were expanding, consolidating the villages located north of the department as Arroyos y Esteros Eusebio Ayala District, Eusebio Ayala (then called town of San Roque). Once the Paraguayan War, began a process of founding of major town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alto Paraná Department
Alto Paraná (; ''Upper Paraná'') is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Ciudad del Este (formerly known as Puerto Presidente Stroessner, originally Puerto Flor de Lis). The Alto Paraná department has experienced tremendous economic and population growth in the past 50 years. Most of this growth has been concentrated in the department capital of Ciudad del Este, and mainly occurred after the construction of the Puente de la Amistad bridge in 1961, which connects Paraguay and Brazil. This department is home to the Itaipu power plant, which supplies 95% of the energy consumed by Paraguay, and the Acaray Dam. Several ecological reserves, a zoo and the Taiwanese-Paraguayan Technology Park are situated in this department. The city of Presidente Franco was the first city founded in this department. Several important agricultural establishments are centered in the region of Minga Guazú which is home of the Guarani International Airport. History In times of the colony, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concepción Department (Paraguay)
Concepción Department may refer to: * Concepción Department (Paraguay) * Concepción Department, Corrientes See also * Concepción (other) Concepción (Spanish for ''conception'') refers to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to Roman Catholic Church doctrine. Concepción or Concepcion may also refer to: Geography Argentina * Concepción, Catamarca, a villa ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Concepcion Department Department name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
