General José Eduvigis Díaz
General José Eduvigis Díaz | |
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  General José Eduvigis Díaz | |
| Coordinates: 27°10′12″S 58°25′12″W / 27.17000°S 58.42000°W | |
| Kintra | Paraguay |
| Depairtment | Ñeembucú |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 1 521 |
General José Díaz Eduvigis, whose name is aften shortened tae Gral. José E. Díaz or Gral. E. Díaz is a toun o Paraguay that is in the Ñeembucú Depairtment, which forms ane o the 16 destricts.
Population
[eedit | eedit soorce]At the census o 2002, the toun haes an urban population o 1,242 indwallers (3642 in the destrict).
Features
[eedit | eedit soorce]Foondit on 24 Mairch, 1899, the toun is locatit in the soothren pairt o the depairtment, surroondit bi marshes an wetlands, aboot 2 km north o the river Paraná. Became a destrict in 1944, it chynged its previous name o Arroyito wi the current, in honour o the officer, the Paraguayan architect o victory in the Battle o Curupayty, durin the War o the Triple Alliance.
Economy
[eedit | eedit soorce]The population is mainly devotit tae fermstockin an fishin.
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]Soorces
[eedit | eedit soorce]- World Gazeteer: Paraguay[deid airtin] – World-Gazetteer.com