Manorá (or Manó Râ) is a

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(

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) of

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, the capital of

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. It has a population of 1,898 people.

Geography

Manorá is bordered near

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, Las Lomas, San Jorge, Ycua Sati, San Cristobal, and Villa Morra. There are many stores around the area, including a

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, and a McDonalds.

Toponymy

The name is believed to have been coined by Roa Bastos in 1993. The name is Guarani for "a place of death". It could also possibly interpreted as "a place of dying", or "a place of the dead". Manora2

Notable people

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- Brother of and member of the cabinet of

Juan Bautista Gill Juan Bautista Gill García (''Juan Bautista Gill Garcia del Barrio'') (October 28, 1840 – April 12, 1877) was President of Paraguay from November 25, 1874 until his assassination on April 12, 1877 by Juansilvano Godoi and Major Jose Dolores M ...

(assassinated in 1877 in Manorá). *

Carlos Antonio López Carlos Antonio López Ynsfrán (November 4, 1792 – September 10, 1862) was leader of Paraguay from 1841 to 1862. Under his presidency, he undertook a process of economic and political modernization for Paraguay, and ended the isolationist poli ...

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(born November 4, 1792, in Manorá). *

Francisco Solano López Francisco Solano López Carrillo (24 July 1827 or 1826 – 1 March 1870) was a Paraguay, Paraguayan statesman, Officer (armed forces), military officer and politician who served as President of Paraguay between 1862 and 1870, of which he serve ...

(born 1827 in Manorá).Hanratty, Dannin M. and Meditz, Sandra W., editors. ''Paraguay: A Country Study''. Washington: GPO for the

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, 1988.

References

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