Caazapá
Caazapá | |
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Caazapá | |
| Coordinates: 26°12′00″S 56°22′48″W / 26.20000°S 56.38000°W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Caazapá |
| Founded | January 10, 1607 by Luis de Bolaños |
| Government | |
| • Intendente Municipal | Víctor Manuel López Espínola |
| Area | |
• Total | 944 km2 (364 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 155 m (509 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 23,996 |
| • Density | 25.4/km2 (65.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
| Postal code | 5600 |
| Area code | (595) (542) |
| Climate | Cfa |
Caazapá (Spanish pronunciation: [ka(a)saˈpa]) is a city in Paraguay, founded in 1607 by Friar Luis de Bolaños. It is located in the Caazapá District and is the capital of the Caazapá Department. There are five neighborhoods called "Barrios" in the city: The main one is called the Barrio San Pablo, and the other 4 are Barrio Santa Teresita, Barrio San Blás, Barrio San Antonio, and Barrio San Roque-within which is the original Chapel, built by Franciscans during the Spanish rule in Paraguay. The Franciscan mission at Caazapá was an important event in Paraguayan cultural heritage.
Some attractions are the Church, the Ykua Bolaños (Bolaños lagoon) and the Museum Juan Bernardo that contains the cross in which missionary Juan Bernardo Colman was executed.