Yaguarón
Yaguarón is a city in Paraguay, located at the base of Yaguarón Hill in the Yaguarón District of Paraguarí Department, from the capital Asunción. The town began as a Franciscan reservation for the Guaraní Indians. It contains a famous and visually stunning church, the building of which, led by Fray Alonso de Buenaventura, started in 1640 and took 60 years to complete. Yaguarón is also notable as the birthplace of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, dictator of Paraguay 1814–1840, whose strong authoritarianism earned him the name ''El Supremo.'' His house is now a museum – located only 200 or so meters from the church. Toponymy In the beginning the city was called Jaguarú, which means in Guaraní mythology an enormous dog or jaguar that inhabited the region. History Located in the foot of a hill with the same name, the city started as a Franciscan Mission with the Guaraní population. In 1600, Fray Alonso de Buenaventura and his followers built an imposin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yaguarón Hill
Yaguarón is a city in Paraguay, located at the base of Yaguarón Hill in the Yaguarón District of Paraguarí Department, from the capital Asunción. The town began as a Franciscan reservation for the Guaraní Indians. It contains a famous and visually stunning church, the building of which, led by Fray Alonso de Buenaventura, started in 1640 and took 60 years to complete. Yaguarón is also notable as the birthplace of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, dictator of Paraguay 1814–1840, whose strong authoritarianism earned him the name ''El Supremo.'' His house is now a museum – located only 200 or so meters from the church. Toponymy In the beginning the city was called Jaguarú, which means in Guaraní mythology an enormous dog or jaguar that inhabited the region. History Located in the foot of a hill with the same name, the city started as a Franciscan, Franciscan Mission with the Guaraní population. In 1600, Alonso de San Buenaventura, Fray Alonso de Buenaventura a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paraguarí Department
Paraguarí (; Guaraní: Paraguari) is a '' departamento'' in Paraguay. At the 2002 census it had a population of 221,932. Retrieved 8 March 2010 The capital is the city of Paraguarí. History The territory which forms this department is located in a valley formerly called "Yarigua'a" that was part of the mission of Jesuit priests in the era of colonization. Numerous villages existed in this area, whose inhabitants were influenced by priests and chaplains responsible for directing agricultural and livestock acti ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yaguarón District
Yaguarón is a district in Paraguarí Department, Paraguay. The district seat is the town of Yaguarón. The name of the district and the town means "big dog" in Guaraní language Guarani (Avañe'ẽ), also called Paraguayan Guarani, is a language of South America that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani branch of the Tupian language family. It is one of the two official languages of Paraguay (along with Spanish), where i .... {{Paraguay-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jaguarão River
The Jaguarão or Yaguarón River (, ) is a Brazilian and Uruguayan river. It forms the border between Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul state in southernmost Brazil. The river originates in Serras de Sudeste (Southeastern Mountain Ranges) and flows east to empty into Lagoa Mirim (Portuguese language, Portuguese) / Laguna Merín (Spanish language, Spanish), which is a large coastal lagoon, which is indirectly connected to the Atlantic Ocean. Navigability The river is navigable as far up as the town of Jaguarão. Regarding its navigability, vessels sailing on the nearby Mirim Lagoon are by treaty under Brazilian jurisdiction. See also * Geography of Uruguay#Topography and hydrography * 1851 Boundary Treaty (Brazil–Uruguay) * Battle of Jaguarão References Rivers of Rio Grande do Sul Rivers of Uruguay Brazil–Uruguay border International rivers of South America Jaguarão Rivers of Cerro Largo Department {{CerroLargo-geo-stub it:Yaguarón zh:亞瓜龍河 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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José Gaspar Rodríguez De Francia
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco () (6 January 1766 – 20 September 1840), also known as Doctor Francia or to Paraguayans of his time as Karai Guasu (in Guaraní, means "Great Lord"), was a Paraguayan lawyer, politician, statesman and the first dictator (1814–1840) of Paraguay following its 1811 independence from the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. His official title was "Supreme and Perpetual Dictator of Paraguay", but he was popularly known as ''El Supremo''. He is considered to be the chief ideologue and political leader of the faction that advocated for the full independence of Paraguay from the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and from the Empire of Brazil. Under his dictatorship, he isolated Paraguay from the external world. Early life and education Francia was born in Yaguarón, in modern-day Paraguarí Department. Francia's father was an officer turned tobacco planter from São Paulo, and his mother was a Paraguayan descende ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pirayú
Pirayú is a town in the Paraguarí department of Paraguay. It is 50km from Asunción, in the vicinity of the Cordillera de los Altos. History Pirayú; formerly called ''Gayoso Chapel.'' Its original name stems from a land donation from the Gayoso feudatory family, a descendant of the local encomendero, to the local Franciscan order. The town nucleated from a small chapel around which a modest neighbourhood developed into a rural parish. In 1767 a Franciscan Temple was erected - although the site's choir loft dates the church as early as 1561 (or possibly 1567). After the end of the Great War, geopolitical rearrangements created a new district of the area, making the town a dependent of the department of Paraguarí. Its current jurisdiction includes, in the downtown area, four Barrios named No. 1 to 4, as well as twelve Companies: Paso Esperanza, Tuyucuá, Taba i, Potrero Avendaño, Costa Hũ, Cerro Verá, Azcurra, Ykuá Kaũ, Arroyo Servin, Yaguarón Yurú, Cerro León a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carapeguá
Carapeguá (, '' Guaraní: Karapegua'') is a city and ''district'' of the Paraguarí Department, Paraguay, located 84 km from Asunción. It was founded in 1725. Settled by the Caañabé river and over the Route 1 "Mariscal Francisco Solano López", the Carapeguá district is located near the legendary Ypoá lake. It is also known as the "Caañabé's Pearl". Area This district has an area of 435 square kilometers, populated by approximately 32,939 inhabitants and with a population density of 75,72 inhabitants per square kilometer. Economy Carapeguá is known as the capital of the ''poyvi'' (the Guaraní word for "thread") because of its fine artisan production in objects made of threads like blankets, ponchos, sheets, hammocks and others. They are made with a technique popularly called "poyvi" in which old looms are used. The inhabitants are dedicated to agricultural and cattle activities, and also to the cultivation of sugar-cane. In cattle production, they stock-breed c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paraguarí
Paraguarí (; ) is a city, '' distrito'' and capital of Paraguarí Department in Paraguay, located 66 km from the country's capital, Asunción. At the 2002 census it had a population of 22,154. Retrieved 8 March 2010 Toponymy Paraguarí is called “The cradle of the National Independence”. In that city on January 13, 1811, the Paraguayans Yegros, Gamarra and Cabañas, with their troops, defeated the , commanded by the General[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Guaraní Mythology
The Tupi-Guarani mythology is the set of narratives about the gods and spirits of the different Tupi-Guarani peoples, ancient and current. Together with the cosmogonies, anthropogonies and rituals, they form part of the religion of these peoples. The Guarani people live in the south-central part of South America, especially in Paraguay and parts of the surrounding areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia. The Tupi people were one of the most numerous peoples indigenous to Brazil, occupying largely the Atlantic coast of Brazil and In the Amazon where there are Tupi towns with no connection to the outside, heavily mixing with the Portuguese colonizers. Overview There exist no written records of the ancient myths and legends associated with the Guarani people. The Guarani language was not a written language until modern times, so their religious beliefs have largely been passed down through word of mouth. As such, accounts of the various gods and related myths and legends can vary ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iglesia Yaguaron Corredor Lateral
Iglesia may refer to: * Iglesia, the Spanish form of church * Iglesia Department * Iglesia ni Cristo * Iglesia Filipina Independiente The Philippine Independent Church (; ), officially referred to by its Philippine Spanish name (IFI) and colloquially called the Aglipayan Church, is an Independent Catholic, independent catholic Christian denomination, in the form of a Religi ... * Iglesia (Metro Madrid), a station on Line 1 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Itá, Paraguay
Itá is a city and a district located along the 35th kilometer of Ruta 1 in the Central Department of Paraguay. Etymology Its name means "stone" in the sweet Guaraní, also known as the "Capital of Ceramics". According to other derives from the landscape that is love of the hills in the background that every ston Weather The maximum temperature in summer reaches 40 °C, at times. The minimum in winter is 0 °C. The average in the central department is 22 °C. It is located in one of the departments in which rainfall is most abundant from January to April and scarcer from June to August. Demography Itá has a total of 81,084 inhabitants, of whom 40,708 were males and 40,377 females, according to projections from the Directorate General of Statistics, Census and Surveys. History Founded in 1539 Governor Domingo Martínez de Irala Domingo Martínez de Irala (1509 – 3 October 1556) was a Spanish-Basque conquistador. He headed for America in 1535 enrolled ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |