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Coronel Oviedo
Coronel Oviedo (), locally simply known as Oviedo, is a city in east-central Paraguay. It is the capital of the Caaguazú Department, about 150 kilometers east of Asunción, and was founded in 1758. The city has a population of about 52,400 (2006 Estimate) and is the hometown of former president Nicanor Duarte Frutos. Coronel Oviedo is an important transit point, as it lies halfway between Asunción and Ciudad del Este. In addition, it sits at the intersection of highways Ruta 2, Ruta 7 and Ruta 8. The moniker for the city is the "Capital of Work" or ''capital de trabajo'' in Spanish. The original name of the city at the time of its founding was "Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Ajos" or "Our Lady of the Rosary of Garlic", as the cultivation of garlic Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Allium fistulosum, Welsh onion and Allium chinense, Chinese o ...
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Departments Of Paraguay
Paraguay consists of 17 departments ( es, departamentos; singular – ''departamento)'' and one capital district (''distrito capital''). The country is divided into two regions: The "Occidental Region" or Chaco (Boquerón, Alto Paraguay and Presidente Hayes), and the "Oriental Region" or Parana (other departments and the capital district). See also * Ranked list of Paraguayan departments *List of regions of Paraguay by Human Development Index This is a list of regions of Paraguay by Human Development Index as of 2021. References {{Subnational entities by Human Development Index Paraguay Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composit ... * ISO 3166-2:PY External links * {{Paraguay topics Subdivisions of Paraguay Paraguay, Departments Departments, Paraguay Paraguay geography-related lists ...
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Route 8 (Paraguay)
National Route 8 (officially, ''Ruta Nacional Número 8 "Dr. Blas Garay"'', simply known as ''Ruta Ocho'') is a highway in Paraguay, which runs from San Estanislao to Coronel Bogado. It mainly connects the north and the south regions of the Oriental Region of Paraguay. It crosses five departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... and has a total length of 320 km. Distances, cities and towns The following table shows the distances traversed by National Route 8 in each different department, showing cities and towns that it passes by (or near). {{National Roads in Paraguay 8 ...
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Populated Places In The Caaguazú Department
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with in ...
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List Of Cities In Paraguay
This is a list of towns and cities in Paraguay. A *Abaí *Acahay * Aguaray * Alberdi * Alto Verá *Areguá * Arroyito *Asunción *Atyrá * Ayolas B * Bella Vista, Amambay *Benjamín Aceval C *Caacupé * Caaguazú *Caapucú *Caazapá * Cambyreta *Capiatá *Capiíbary *Capitán Bado *Capitán Mauricio José Troche *Capitán Meza *Capitán Miranda * Caraguatay * Carayaó * Carmen del Paraná *Cerrito * Ciudad del Este * Concepción *Coronel Bogado *Coronel Martínez *Coronel Oviedo *Curuguaty D * Desmochados *Doctor Botrell *Doctor Cecilio Báez * Doctor Eulogio Estigarribia * Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos *Doctor Moisés Bertoni * Doctor Pedro P. Peña E *Edelira * Encarnación F * Fernando de la Mora *Fernheim Colony * Filadelfia *Fuerte Olimpo G * General Artigas *General Delgado * General Elizardo Aquino *General Eugenio A. Garay *General Francisco Álvarez *General Higinio Morínigo * General Isidro Resquín *General José Eduvigis Díaz *Guarambaré * Guayaibi * Guazu-Cua H ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Coronel Oviedo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coronel Oviedo ( la, Dioecesis Oviedopolitana) is a diocese located in the city of Coronel Oviedo in the Ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay. History * On September 10, 1961, the Territorial Prelature of Coronel Oviedo was established from the Diocese of Concepción * On March 6, 1976, the territorial prelature was promoted as the Diocese of Coronel Oviedo Leadership, in reverse chronological order * Bishops of Coronel Oviedo (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez (December 18, 2001 – present) ** Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. (March 26, 1998 – February 3, 2001), appointed Bishop of Ciudad del Este ** Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. (March 15, 1976 – March 26, 1998), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Encarnación * Prelate of Coronel Oviedo (Roman Rite), below ** Bishop Jerome Arthur Pechillo Jerome Arthur Pechillo, T.O.R. (May 16, 1919 – January 1, 1991) was an American missionary and bish ...
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War Of The Triple Alliance
The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It was the deadliest and bloodiest inter-state war in Latin American history. Paraguay sustained large casualties, but the approximate numbers are disputed. Paraguay was forced to cede disputed territory to Argentina and Brazil. The war began in late 1864, as a result of a conflict between Paraguay and Brazil caused by the Uruguayan War. Argentina and Uruguay entered the war against Paraguay in 1865, and it then became known as the "War of the Triple Alliance". After Paraguay was defeated in conventional warfare, it conducted a drawn-out guerrilla resistance, a strategy that resulted in the further destruction of the Paraguayan military and the civilian population. Much of the civilian population lost their lives due to battle, hunger, and disease. The guer ...
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Garlic
Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion. It is native to South Asia, Central Asia and northeastern Iran and has long been used as a seasoning worldwide, with a history of several thousand years of human consumption and use. It was known to ancient Egyptians and has been used as both a food flavoring and a traditional medicine. China produces 76% of the world's supply of garlic. Etymology The word ''garlic'' derives from Old English, ''garlēac'', meaning ''gar'' ( spear) and leek, as a 'spear-shaped leek'. Description ''Allium sativum'' is a perennial flowering plant growing from a bulb. It has a tall, erect flowering stem that grows up to . The leaf blade is flat, linear, solid, and approximately wide, with an acute apex. The plant may produce pink to purple flowers from July to September in the Northern Hemisphere. The b ...
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Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ...
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Route 7 (Paraguay)
National Route 7 (in Spanish, officially ''Ruta Nacional Número 7 "José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia",'', or simply ''Ruta Siete'') is an important highway of Paraguay. It links the departmental capitals of Caaguazú and Alto Paraná, Coronel Oviedo and Ciudad del Este, respectively. Crossing a total of 10 districts of both departments. It starts on the roundabout of Coronel Oviedo and ends at the Friendship Bridge, on the Paraná River The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Br ..., traversing . Distances and important cities The following table shows the distances traversed by Ruta 7 in each different department, and important cities that it passes by (or near). {{National Roads in Paraguay 7 Alto Paraná Department Caaguazú Department ...
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Caaguazú Department
Caaguazú () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Coronel Oviedo. History In the 16th and 17th centuries, European settlers in the present-day department of Caaguazú were threatened by the Portuguese Bandeirant and Guaicurú Indians, preventing permanent settlement of the land for many years. In the 18th century, repopulation of Caaguazu began again. In 1712, Gregorio Bazán de Pedraza founded the Villa de San Isidro Labrador de Curuguaty, followed by Ybytimí in 1715, San Joaquín in 1746, and Carayaó in 1770. In 1906, the area was assigned the name Yhú, including the departmental capital of Yhú, Ajos (present day Coronel Oviedo), Carayaó, San Joaquín and Caaguazú. Upon territorial reorganization in 1945, it was given the name of Caaguazú. In 1973, the present-day territory and limits of this department were defined. Caaguazú is the home department of several Paraguayan personalities, such as the writer Mario Halley Mora and the musi ...
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Ruta 2 (Paraguay)
National Route Number 2 (officially, PY02, better known as ''Ruta Dos'') is one of the most important highways in Paraguay, which connects the two major cities in the country, Asunción and Ciudad del Este. Crossing the departments of 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 as ..., Cordillera, Caaguazu and Alto Paraná. Distances and important cities The following table shows the distances traversed by National Route 2 in each different department, and important cities that it passes by (or near). {{National Roads in Paraguay 2 ...
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Ciudad Del Este
Ciudad del Este (, Spanish for Eastern City; often shortered as CDE) is the second-largest city in Paraguay and capital of the Alto Paraná Department, situated on the Paraná River. It is located 327 km from Asunción, the capital, and is adjacent to the border with Brazil, to which it is connected by the Friendship Bridge on the Paraná River. It is the largest city within the Triple Frontier region, which borders Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil and Puerto Iguazú, Argentina. The Itaipú Dam, one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the world, is near Ciudad del Este, as is the Iguazu Falls. Ciudad del Este is a commercial city, and is one of the largest free-trade zones in the world. Its tax-free status attracts many Brazilians and Argentines to the city. Ciudad del Este has consulates for Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Syria, Turkey, and Taiwan. The city is home to Club Atlético 3 de Febrero, whose home groun ...
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