Cerro Corá, Amambay
Cerro Corá is a city and district and located in the Amambay Department of Paraguay on the Amambai Mountains. It was created by Law 6555, detaching itself from the municipality of Pedro Juan Caballero, which is 20 km (12 mi) from the center of the departmental capital.[2] Its urban center has the name of Colonia Capitán Raúl Ocampos Rojas, also known as Chirigüelo. It has an area of 1451 km².[3]
Cerro Corá | |
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City and district | |
  Cerro Corá | |
| Coordinates: 22°37′00″S 55°59′00″W[1] | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Amambay |
| District | Pedro Juan Caballero |
| Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
| Climate | Cfa |
See also
- Battle of Cerro Corá, 1870
References
- "Cerro Corá". Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- "Senadores aprobaron la creación de municipio de Cerro Corá en Amambay". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- "Ley N° 6555 Crea el municipio de Cerro Corá en el XIII departamento Amambay y una municipalidad con asiento en la colonia Capitán Raúl Ocampos Rojas". Biblioteca y Archivo del Banco del Congreso de la Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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