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Lambaré () is a city in Central Department,
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 ...
, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. With a population of approximately 140,000 inhabitants, it is the sixth-most populous city in the country.


Toponymy

The name of the town derive from the
Guarani language Guarani (Avañe'ẽ), also called Paraguayan Guarani, is a language of South America that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani branch of the Tupian languages, Tupian language family. It is one of the two official languages of Paraguay (along with Spa ...
''Ambaré'', "the land of shadows". The people were known as ''avambaré'', citizens of El Ambaré.


Notable people

* Rafael Lovera - professional boxer


References


World Gazeteer: Paraguay
– World-Gazetteer.com Populated places established in 1766 {{Paraguay-geo-stub