Lambaré
Lambaré | |
|---|---|
  Lambaré | |
| Coordinates: 25°19′48″S 57°38′24″W / 25.33000°S 57.64000°W | |
| Kintra |  Paraguay |
| Depairtment |  Central |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Roberto Cárdenas (ANR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 140,498 |
| • Density | 5,204/km2 (13,480/sq mi) |
| Area code(s) | 021 |
Lambaré is a ceety in Central Depairtment, Paraguay, pairt o the Gran Asunción metropolitan aurie. Wi a population o approx. 140.000 inhabitants, it is the saxt maist populous ceety in the kintra.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]Lambaré wis foondit bi Carlos Murphy in 1766. Efter the unthirldom o Paraguay, its creation wis formalisit bi Law No. 791, o 5 Juin 1962. The decree o the formation o the new municipality wis signed bi the govrenment o Alfredo Stroessner. The first preses o the Municipal Cooncil wis Mariano Escauriza.
Toponymy
[eedit | eedit soorce]The name o the toun derive frae the Guarani leid Ambaré, "the laund o shadaes". The fowk wur kent as avambaré, ceetizens o El Ambaré.
Population
[eedit | eedit soorce]It is pairt o the ten destricts that mak up the conurbation o Greater Asunción. The growthe o the caipital, favored the development o the population o this ceety, today Lambaré is the saxt maist populous ceety in Paraguay. Accordin tae the 2002 census conductit bi the General Directorate o Statistics, Surveys an Censuses Lambaré ceety haed approx. 140,000 inhabitants.
Sources
[eedit | eedit soorce]- World Gazeteer: Paraguay[deid airtin] – World-Gazetteer.com
