Capiatá () 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 t ...

. It is the only city in

Central Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known a ...

that borders seven cities: Aregua, Itaugua,

Juan Augusto Saldívar ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

Luque Luque () is a city in Central Department of Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. Both 1635 and 1750 have been recorded as dates of its founding. It was temporarily the capital of Paraguay in 1868 during the Paraguayan War b ...

Ñemby Ñemby () is a city in the Central Department of Paraguay. It is part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. History Among the historical sites of this city stands the Church of San Lorenzo which was founded by Spanish settlers in 1718 when ...

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and Ypane. It is the location of the

Francisco López Military Academy The Francisco López Military Academy (officially, the ''Marshal Francisco Solano López Military Academy''; Spanish: ''Academia Militar Mariscal Francisco Solano López'') is a service academy in Capiatá, Paraguay. History The school was estab ...

Notable residents

Carlos Lara Bareiro Carlos Lara Bareiro was a Paraguayan classical musician, composer, and conductor. He was born on the March 6, 1914 to Juan Carlos Lara Castro and Lorenza Bareiro in Capiatá, Paraguay. He inherited the aptitude and vocation for music from his fath ...

, musician * Isidro Prieto, boxer Populated places in the Central Department Populated places established in 1728 1728 establishments in the Spanish Empire {{Paraguay-geo-stub