Emboscada is a town and
district
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of the
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 f ...
,
Paraguay
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.
Etymology
“San Agustín de la Emboscada” refers to the ambush before the Spanish Conquest, against
Carios tribe made by
Guaicurú people. It is also known as the Stone City because many people there work in mining.
Weather
The weather in Cordillera Region is mild and dry. Temperature ranges from 22 °C to 39 °C, in winter the temperature is 3 °C.
Demography
Emboscada has 12,225 inhabitants, 6,337 are men and 5,888 women (Census 2002) In the urban area 5,153 people and the rural area with 7,072 people. 80% of Emboscada's population considers itself to be of African descent.
History
The first settlers were slaves from
Brazil
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called “libertos” in XVIII. It was founded in 1740 by Governor
Rafael de la Moneda with the name of “San Agustín de la Emboscada”. The most important penitentiary of
Paraguay
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was built in Emboscada in 1816. During
Stroessner's dictatorship it worked as the prison for convicts of political issues.
Economy
The most important activity is mining. Others industries are coffee, oil and fishing.
Transportation
It is located 38 km far from
Asunción
Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...
, to get there one needs to go through Route Nº III “Gral. Elizardo Aquino”.
From Emboscada City you can visit
Nueva Colombia and from this city
Loma Grande, through a paved road. From Loma Grande one can get to
Altos,
Atyrá
Atyrá is one of the oldest cities of Paraguay, alongside Yaguarón, Villarrica, Encarnación, Pilar, San Lorenzo, Humaitá among others. Atyrá is 61 KM East from the country's capital, Asunción, located in the Altos Cordillera, as it is ...
and
San Bernardino
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. All these cities have paved roads connected to Route Nº II “Mariscal José Félix Estigarribia”.
Tourism
On June 24. in minas a small town, there is a festival honoring
San Francisco Solano
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. During this parade people walk behind San Francisco Solano's image singing and praying throughout the town till they get to the church. They wear masks and dance to drums rhythms, as a way to remember their ancestors, enslaved Africans. There is a lot of typical food, many local bands and pilgrims wearing feathers and leaves from banana plants together at the big square dancing and giving thanks for the favours to San Francisco Solano.
The church was built by Priest
Amancio Gonzalez in 1774 honoring
San Agustín, the altarpieces and the images made of carved woods belong to the Franciscan Style, the walls, doors and windows were engraved in XVIII.
The craftmanship of this place consists of making hats, they make it from karanda´y (a kind of palm), and a fan shaped object. They also make sweets, “guampa” a special kind of glass made of wood (usually
palo santo) to drink
tereré
(of Guaraní origin) is an infusion of (botanical name ''Ilex paraguariensis'') prepared with cold water, a lot of ice and pohá ñaná (medicinal herbs), and in a slightly larger vessel. This infusion has its roots in Pre-Columbian America, w ...
and
mate
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Science
* Mate, one of a pair of animals involved in:
** Mate choice, intersexual selection
** Mating
* Multi-antimicrobial extrusion protein, or MATE, an efflux transporter family of proteins
Person or title
* Friendship ...
, they also make sweets and finery from ysypo a kind of liane.
You can also find strange pyramids in this place.
Important people from Emboscada
Priest
Amancio González was born in Emboscada.
Bibliography and references
*''Geografía Ilustrada del Paraguay'', Distribuidora Arami SRL; 2007.
*''Geografía del Paraguay, Primera Edición'' 1999, Editorial Hispana Paraguay SRL
External links
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Populated places in the Cordillera Department