Intendancy of Paraguay
| Intendancy of Paraguay Intendencia del Paraguay (Spanish) | |||||||||
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| Intendancy of the Kingdom of Spain | |||||||||
| 1782–1811 | |||||||||
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Coat of arms
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Map of the Viceroyalty in 1783 | |||||||||
| Capital | Asunción | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1785 | 90,000 | ||||||||
• 1799 | 108,070 | ||||||||
• 1806 | 140,000 | ||||||||
| Status | Intendancy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata within the Kingdom of Spain | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Intendancy | ||||||||
| Intendant | |||||||||
• 1782–1787 | P. Melo de Portugal | ||||||||
• 1787-1796 | Joaquín Alós y Bru | ||||||||
• 1796-1806 | L. de Ribera y Espinoza | ||||||||
• 1806-1807 | Bernardo de Velasco | ||||||||
• 1807-1808 | M. Gutiérrez Varona | ||||||||
• 1808-1809 | Eustaquio Giannini | ||||||||
• 1809–1811 | Bernardo de Velasco | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 28 January 1782 | ||||||||
| 25 May 1810 | |||||||||
| 19 January 1811 | |||||||||
| 14 May 1811 | |||||||||
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The Intendancy of Paraguay (Spanish: Intendencia del Paraguay), also known as the Intendancy of Asunción (Spanish: Intendencia de Asunción) was an administrative-territorial unit that was part of the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata. It was created on 28 January 1782 and came to an end after the May 1811 Revolution.