Nueva Italia (

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for ''New Italy'') is a

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in the

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 ...

History

Nueva Italia was created in 1904 by the Paraguay government in order to establish some colonists from

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and their 18 families in a farming area 40 km south of the capital

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 ...

. In addition to Italians, a community of German and Ukrainian emigrants also moved to Nueva Italia. Area_metropolitana_gran_asuncion_mapa

The first manager-administrator of this ''Colonia Nueva Italia'' (as was officially named) was the Italian count Enrico Statella. After

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many Italians returned to Italy or moved to the capital Asuncion, but the settlement -after an initial crisis- survived & remained as a small agricultural center. Mura, Musto and Carolini were some of the Italian families that remained and perfectly integrated with the local Paraguayan population. In the 1930s the colony was a success and grew in importance as a farming city for the Greater Asunción area In 1956 was created the ''Distrito Nueva Italia'', that in the 2010s have nearly 20,000 inhabitants. The main activities are farming and husbandry. Recently is being developed some tourism, thanks to new roads toward the capital and other surroundings The city is located to the north of the "Distrito Nueva Italia" and has a perfect square shape, because of the original urban planning promoted by count Enrico Statella.Maps detailed and data on Nueva Italia and its District
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The District "Nueva Italia"

The "Central department" of Paraguay (with the "Greater Asuncion" metropolitan area) is divided in 19 districts. The one located in the most southern section is Nueva Italia:

Notable people

José Cardozo José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (; born 19 March 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former professional footballer. He played as a striker and spent 10 years of his career playing for Toluca and is the club's all-time top goalscorer. H ...

, football player.

Notes

Sources

* Ministero Affari Esteri. ''Emigrazione e colonie''. Volume 3 of Emigrazione e colonie: Raccolta di rapporti dei RR. agenti diplomatici e consolari, Italy. Commissariato generale dell'emigrazione. Tipografia nazionale di G. Bertero. Roma, 1908

World Gazeteer: Paraguay
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History

The District "Nueva Italia"

Notable people

See also

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