Ciudad del Este

Ciudad del Este
Ciudad del Este
	Ceety
	Ciudad del Este Location o Ciudad del Este in Paraguay
	Coordinates: 25°31′00″S 54°37′00″W / 25.51667°S 54.61667°W
Kintra	Paraguay
Depairtment	Alto Parana
Foondit	3 Februar 1957
Govrenment
• Intendente Municipal	Sandra Mac Leod de Zacarias
Area
• Total	104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	320,782
• Density	3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-04 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-03 (ADT)
Postal code	7000
Area code(s)	(595) (61)
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Ciudad del Este (Spainyie for Ceety o the East) is the seicont lairgest ceety in Paraguay an caipital o Alto Paraná Depairtment, locatit at the Rio Paraná.

Foondit in 1957, it wis oreeginally cawed Puerto Flor de Lis (Port Fleurdelis), then till 1989 Puerto Presidente Stroessner (Port Preses Stroessner), efter Alfredo Stroessner. It is pairt o a triangle kent as the Triple Frontera (Triple border), or Tríplice Fronteira in Portuguese. It is linked tae the Brazilian ceety o Foz do Iguaçu bi the Friendship Bridge; Puente de la Amistad in Spainyie, Ponte da Amizade in Portuguese. The ceety is the seat o the Roman Catholic Diocese o Ciudad del Este.

Population

Sizeable Immigrant Population

The ceety haes a lairge Asian-born population, specifically Taiwanese, Koreans, Arabs an Iranians, evident in the ceety's mosque an pagodas. The Taiwanese govrenment peyed for the construction o the ceety's toun hall in exchange for Paraguayan support in the Unitit Naitions, hence the Taiwanese banner that flies on the buildin.

Economy

Ciudad del Este generates aboot 60% o Paraguay's GDP. It is the third lairgest free-tax commerce zone in the warld, efter Miami an Hong Kong, an — thegither wi Foz do Iguaçu — it is the heidquarters o the company that operates the nearbi Itaipu dam. The ceety's economy (an Paraguay's economy as well) relies heavily on the mood o the Brazilian economy, as 95% o Paraguay's share o the energy generatit bi the Itaipu Dam is sauld tae Brazil (for US$300 million), an that ivery day mony Brazilians cross the mairch tae buy less-expensive products^[1] (US$1.2 billion, makstly electronics). Smugglin is a major occupation in the ceety, wi some estimates puttin the value o this black mercat at five times the naitional economy. Indeed, evidence indicates that some o the revenue generatit bi smugglin mey support criminal organisations based ootside the region, includin terrorist organisations.^[2]^[3]

Transportation

Guarani Internaitional Airport, locatit in the suburb ceety o Minga Guazú, connects the ceety wi ither Sooth American destinations.

References

↑ In Paraguay Border Town, Almost Anything Goes By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, March 15, 1998]
↑ "Terrorist Threat in the Tri-Border Area: Myth or Reality?". Archived frae the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
↑ "Hezbollah builds a Western base". Archived frae the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

External links

Current photos o the ceety in the Skyscrapercity Forum Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Ciudad del Este Archived 2012-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
Municipalidad de Ciudad del Este
Images o the ceety
Ciudad del Este Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
ABC Color Archived 2006-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
SENATUR Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
CiudaddelEste.com.py Archived 2007-05-08 at Archive.today

[1] In Paraguay Border Town, Almost Anything Goes By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, March 15, 1998]

[2] "Terrorist Threat in the Tri-Border Area: Myth or Reality?". Archived frae the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

[3] "Hezbollah builds a Western base". Archived frae the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

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