Tobatí District is the second largest
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 ...
of
Cordillera Department
Cordillera () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Caacupé.
History
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this area of the country was going through a serious crisis due to population bellicosity of the Indians f ...
,
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 ...
, with 23,191 inhabitants.
[Direccioón General de Estadística, Encuentras, y Censos. Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas 2002.]
The main city is
Tobatí
Tobatí is a city in Tobatí District in the Cordillera Department, Paraguay.
History
Tobati was founded in June 1539 by Domingo Martínez de Irala. Opinions vary as to the meaning of the town's name. One is from the Spanish definition of t ...
.
References
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