Alberdi is the city in the

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, ...

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. It is south of the capital city,

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. Alberdi is located along the

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. Its name pays homage to the

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writer

Juan Bautista Alberdi Juan Bautista Alberdi (August 29, 1810 – June 19, 1884) was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo, Uruguay and in Chile, he influenced the content of the Constitution of Arg ...

, who voiced his

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and support for Paraguay during the

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. Most of the city is located in the part of the region of the Lake Ypoá, with rich ecology and beautiful landscapes, where there are many estuaries, streams and rivers that contribute to a cool and humid climate. Being at the

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, a popular characteristic of the city is its commerce with the Argentine

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, which sits across the river. It is considered to be as much important as the biggest Paraguayan

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like the cities of Encarnación or Fernando de la Mora due to the intense commercial movement. Since Alberdi is near to Formosa large number of

Argentines Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

from Formosa city flow to the Paraguayan city of Alberdi to purchase various merchandise, mainly clothes, because of their marked difference with Argentine prices. For many goods, especially of Chinese origin, the prices are only a quarter of what is paid in

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, being of the same quality and brands. Many small business owners in nearby Argentine provinces visit Alberdi once or several times a year to supply their businesses. The main visits are from the Argentine cities

Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní language, Guaraní: Taragüí, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina, province of Corrientes Province, Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from ...

, Resistencia, Clorinda and

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. The

Villeta Villeta is a city of Paraguay in the Central Department, on the banks of Paraguay River. It is an important industrial center and port. Toponymy The city was founded on March 5, 1714, by Juan Gregorio Bazán de Pedraza, with the original name ...

–Alberdi– Pilar

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passes by the city of Alberdi, which connects

to the southern part of Paraguay. File:Ciudad de Alberdi, vista desde el río Paraguay..jpg, Alberdi, Paraguay seen from

File:Puerto de Alberdi..jpg, The port of Alberdi, Paraguay

Sources

World Gazetteer: Paraguay
– World-Gazetteer.com Populated places in the Ñeembucú Department {{Paraguay-geo-stub