Valenzuela, Paraguay

Valenzuela is a town and district of the Cordillera Department, Paraguay, located some 107 km from Asunción. It was founded in 1783 in an area previously known as Yvyraity. The full name of the settlement was Capilla de Valenzuela de los Naranjos because it was formed around a Chapel of San Jose, built by father Antonio Fernandez de Valenzuela.[1]

Valenzuela
District
Valenzuela is located in Paraguay
Valenzuela
Valenzuela
Location in Paraguay
Coordinates: 25°34′S 56°51′W
Country Paraguay
DepartmentCordillera
Government
  MayorEladio Galeano Lugo
Area
  Total173 km2 (67 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
  Total5,581
  Density32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-04 (AST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-03 (ADT)
Postal code
3070

As of 2002, the district's population amounted to 5,581.

Economy is based on agriculture, especially cultivation of ananas. The parish church of Valenzuela houses a Baroque pulpit dating to the first Jesuit missions in the country.

25°35′59.99″S 56°51′59.99″W

References

  1. Torres, Dionisio González (2010). Origen e Historia de los pueblos del Paraguay. Asunción: Servilibro. p. 204. ISBN 978-99953-0-198-9.
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