Lambaré () is a city in
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
*Wes ...
,
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
, part of the
Gran Asunción
Greater Asunción ( es, Gran Asunción), is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción.
It consists of twenty cities: Asunción itself, the capital, and the surrounding cities in Central Department. One in three Paraguayans ...
metropolitan area. With a population of approximately 140,000 inhabitants, it is the
sixth-most populous city in the country.
Toponymy
The name of the town derive from the
Guarani language
Guaraní (), specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guarani ( "the people's language"), is a South American language that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani family of the Tupian languages. It is one of the official languages of P ...
''Ambaré'', "the land of shadows". The people were known as ''avambaré'', citizens of El Ambaré.
Notable residents
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Rafael Lovera
Rafael Lovera Montiel (born October 17, 1952) is a former professional boxer from Paraguay. Lovera fought for the WBC's vacant world Junior Flyweight title, losing to Luis Estaba. Lovera is from Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay but he resides in L ...
- professional boxer
References
World Gazeteer: Paraguay– World-Gazetteer.com
Populated places established in 1766
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