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Tacuatí
Tacuatí is a town and district in Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli .... Tacuatí is situated above the Rio Ypané at the northern border of the II Departmento de San Pedro de Ykuamandyjy. History In October 2008, a 6 meter long female anaconda was found and killed there by local fishermen. In the winter of 2008, a prominent local rancher and former municipal Intendente, Don Luis Lindstrom, was kidnapped for ransom, touching off a minor media storm during the months before the money was paid and his subsequent release. At the end of 2008, armed bandits attacked a small military post about 13 kilometers outside of town. The attack was attributed to the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP). Economy Current major economic activities include the cultivation of s ...
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Paraguayan People's Army
The Paraguayan People's Army (, EPP) is a Marxism-Leninism, Marxist–Leninist Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla group that officially operates in Paraguay since March 1, 2008, although its antecedents go back as far as the 1990s, acting at that time as the "clandestine armed wing" of Partido Patria Libre, Patria Libre (a communist party founded in 1990). They operate in a similar way to other insurgent Latin American left-wing paramilitary guerrillas in times of dictatorships, claiming expropriations and kidnappings against businessmen, bankers and ranchers in the area in which the EPP operates and has staged a number of armed operations, including bombings, arson attacks, shootings as part of an organized Paraguayan People’s Army insurgency, insurgency. They operate in northeastern Paraguay, with most incidents occurring in Concepción Department (Paraguay), Concepción Department, as well as the neighboring departments of Canindeyú Department, Canindeyú and San Pedro Department ...
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Districts Of Paraguay
The departments of Paraguay are divided into district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...s (''distritos''). List of districts List of 161 of the 262 districts of Paraguay, showing the population (2002 census) and the department. ''(*) This district was created recently, and there's not official data yet.'' {{Paraguay topics Subdivisions of Paraguay Paraguay, Districts Districts, Paraguay Paraguay geography-related lists ...
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List Of Cities And Towns In Paraguay
This is a list of towns and cities in Paraguay. A *Abaí *Acahay *Aguaray, Paraguay, Aguaray *Alberdi, Paraguay, Alberdi *Alto Verá *Altos, Paraguay, Altos *Areguá *Arroyito, Paraguay, Arroyito *Asunción *Atyrá *Ayolas B *Bella Vista, Amambay *Benjamín Aceval C *Caacupé *Caaguazú District, Caaguazú *Caapucú *Caazapá *Cambyreta *Capiatá *Capiíbary *Capitán Bado *Capitán Mauricio José Troche *Capitán Meza *Capitán Miranda *Caraguatay, Paraguay, Caraguatay *Carapeguá *Carayaó *Carmen del Paraná *Cerrito, Paraguay, Cerrito *Ciudad del Este *Concepción, Paraguay, 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, Paraguay, Encarnación *Escobar, Paraguay, Escobar F *Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay, Fernando de la Mora *Fernheim Colony *Filadelfia *Fuerte Olimpo ...
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Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of around 6.1 million, nearly 2.3 million of whom live in the Capital city, capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro area. Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537 established the city of Asunción, the first capital of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. During the 17th century, Paraguay was the center of Reductions, Jesuit missions, where the native Guaraní people were converted to Christianity and introduced to European culture. After the Suppression of the Society of Jesus, expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish territories in 1767, Paraguay increasingly became a peripheral colony. Following Independence of Paraguay, independence from Spain ...
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