José Falcón is a

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 ...

Presidente Hayes Department Presidente Hayes () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Villa Hayes. The department was named after U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, who awarded the territory to Paraguay while arbitrating a boundary dispute between Par ...

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 ...

, located 48 km North of Asuncion, which one can go from, through the Route 12 (via

Héroes del Chaco Bridge The Héroes del Chaco Bridge () is a cable-stayed bridge in Paraguay that connects the city of Asunción and Nueva Asunción. It crosses the Paraguay River in order to link the Paraguayan eastern and western regions. It was built to help decongest ...

Geography

Located in the Western region of Paraguay, in the area of

Paraguayan Chaco The Paraguayan Chaco or Región Occidental (Western Region) is a semi-arid region in Paraguay, with a very low population density. It is the Paraguayan part of the Gran Chaco. The area is being rapidly deforested, with the highest deforestation r ...

. Its physical appearance is part of the characteristics of the Chaco soil: lowland with abundant vegetation of palm trees. It is a coastal city located at the junction between the Pilcomayo and Paraguay rivers. This district is located in a lowland area with clay soil. With no meaningful elevations. The geography in general at this part of the department is characterized by being swampy, with palm trees and grasses. It is a region that is highly prone to flooding in the rainy seasons of the year.

Limits

Jose Falcon limits with: * North: Here is located the vast territory of Chaco * South: bordering the town of Chaco'i * East: with the district of Villa Hayes and

Paraguay River The Paraguay River (''Ysyry Paraguái'' in Guarani language, Guarani, ''Rio Paraguai'' in Portuguese language, Portuguese, ''Río Paraguay'' in Spanish language, Spanish) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bol ...

* West: bordered by the city of Clorinda,

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

and

Pilcomayo River Pilcomayo (in Hispanicized spelling) ( Quechua Pillkumayu or Pillku Mayu, ''pillku'' red, ''mayu'' river, "red river", Guarani Ysyry Araguay ) is a river in central South America. At long, it is the longest western tributary of the Paraguay Riv ...

Climate

The district is located in an area of very hot weather in summer. In Jose Falcon the temperature reaches 44 °C. In winter the temperature can sometimes reach 0 °C. The average annual temperature is 22 °C.

Demographics

Jose Falcon has 3,808 inhabitants in total, of which 2,014 are men and 1,794 women, according to estimations by the Directorate General of Statistics, Census and Surveys. The current surface of the young municipality is 1,919 km², with a population of approximately 9,000 inhabitants.

Economy

This area is characterized by a high commercial and tourist exchange between

and

. Its strategic location near the

Argentina–Paraguay border The Argentina–Paraguay border is the line that limits the territories of Argentina and Paraguay. This boundary is solely defined by three major rivers: the Pilcomayo River, Pilcomayo, Paraná River, Paraná and Paraguay River, Paraguay, being on ...

, in the Greater Asunción Area, makes commercial traffic intense. The town of Puerto Falcon joins the Argentinian city of Clorinda by the

San Ignacio de Loyola International Bridge The San Ignacio de Loyola International Bridge (Spanish: ''Puente Internacional San Ignacio de Loyola'') is a road bridge that crosses the border between Argentina and Paraguay over the Pilcomayo River, from the Argentine city of Clorinda, Formosa, ...

, on

. It is a strategic border trade, in the Department of President Hayes.

History

By law in 1997 the municipality of Jose Falcon was created, as a detachment of the municipality of Villa Hayes. A group of residents organized in a Coordinator Pro municipality prompted the creation of the municipality. The area has economic and social infrastructure and a strategic position to enhance sustainable development and become a powerful pole of development.

Tourism

The city has its own attractiveness of the Chaco region, which makes it an important tourist center, there is also an intense commercial traffic between

and

which makes it an important source of resources. The town can be reached by a detour of Route XII "Vice President Sanchez," is a detachment of the town of Villa Hayes.

References

* Geography Illustrated Paraguay, Distributed by Arami SRL, 2007. * Geography of Paraguay, First Edition 1999, Publisher Hispanic Paraguay SRL
World Gazeteer: Paraguay
– World-Gazetteer.com

External links

National Secretary of Tourism

Directorate General for Surveys, Statistics and Census

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