Fram (or Colonia Fram) is a city & one of the 30 districts in the
Itapúa Department of
Paraguay
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.
History
Fram was founded on March 20, 1927, by
Norwegian Pedro Cristophensen, along with Mateo Sanchez, a native of
Carmen del Paraná. The old name of the place was ''Apereá''.
The residents of Fram are of Slavic origin (
Poles
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People
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...
,
Russians
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and
Ukrainians
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),
German and
Japanese.
Toponymy
Fram is a
Norwegian word meaning "Forward" and is the name of the famous ship that brought the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his crew to the Arctic ice in 1893.
Fram also is known as "The Capital of Wheat", a nickname earned by being an area of wheat production, since its founding.
Demography
According to the ''Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos'' the district has a total population of 6,923 inhabitants, of which 3.414 live in its urban area.
Location
The city of Fram is situated 46 km north-west of the
Encarnación, 22 km north-east of Carmen del Paraná.
You can get there taking Route Number 1 (taking a detour in
Coronel Bogado) or Route Number 6 (taking a detour in
Capitán Miranda).
Economy
The district have experienced significant progress in recent years due to the participation of its citizens in solving community problems. It highlights in particular their
social insurance
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system of the municipality that provides health coverage to all its inhabitants.
The district of Fram has become a center of national development, an example of community development and self-management. There is also a harmony between the people and the business community.
Its main economic items are farming, agribusiness, livestock, pigs and poultry. A beautiful
Orthodox church completes the landscape of this progressive city.
See also
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Immigration to Paraguay
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Districts of Itapúa Department
Paraná River
Populated places established in 1927