San Salvador, Paraguay

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San Salvador is a district of the Guairá Department, Paraguay. It is located in 18 kilometers southwest of Villarrica.

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Capitán Mauricio José Troche

Mauricio José Troche is one of the districts in the Guairá department, Paraguay. It is located 183 km away from Asunción, capital of Paraguay. In this area the population dedicates mostly to the agriculture and farming. They also dedicate to the artisan fabrication of ao po’i. The production of sugar cane is very important because it is industrialized, obtaining as a result fuel alcohol.

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Ñumí

Ñumí is a district of the Guairá Department, Paraguay. Ñumí is located to the south of the city of Villarrica, the capital of the department, and to the east of the San Salvador district. It is connected to both by wide roads. Is about 198 kilometers away from Asunción. You can get to this district following the Route 8 "Doctor Blas Garay". The activities of the population are fundamentally agricultural. They also dedicate to the work of wood, although this last one has diminished lately.

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Paso Yobai

Paso Yobai is the easternmost district of the Guairá Department, Paraguay. It was founded in 1923 by a Swiss settler George Naville as an agricultural colony. The first permanent resident was a man named Jose Dolores Resquin who was an employee of Naville. Resquin produced yerba mate to be transported to Villarrica by ox-wagons. Paso Yobai was part of the district of Independencia until 1993. Paso Yobai is historically known for the high quality of its production of yerba mate. Is also known for the production of sugar-cane, cotton and soy. The Canadian company "Latin American Minerals, Inc." bought "Paraguayan Mines" in 2007 and negotiated an agreement with the Paraguayan government to begin mining in the district. .Although mining has brought increased prosperity to Paso Yobai, it has also brought environmental issues such as mercury contamination of the streams. The harpist, Enrique Samaniego was born in Paso Yobai.

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Guairá Department

Guairá Department is one of the seventeen departments of Paraguay. Its capital and most populous city is Villarrica. It is located to the southern half of the country and to the center of the Eastern Region. Guairá Department is the second smallest department of Paraguay after Central and the fourth most densely populated after Central, Alto Paraná and Cordillera. It was created in 1906.

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Villarrica, Paraguay

Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, is a city in Paraguay. Located in the middle of the Eastern Region of Paraguay, it is the capital and most populous city of Guairá Department. Vilarrica is located to the center west of Guairá and is bordered to the east by the towns of Mbocayaty, Yataity, Independencia, Ñumí and Garay, to the west by Itapé and Félix Pérez, and to the south by San Salvador and Borja. Founded in 1570 by Sevillian Ruy Díaz de Melgarejo, it is one of the oldest settlements in Paraguay. Nevertheless, the original foundation site was located within the extinct Spanish province of Guayra in what is now the state of Parana in Brazil. The residents of Villarrica were forced to relocate seven times during a timespan of more than 100 years. These relocations were mainly caused by the repeated attacks from the neighbouring Portuguese bandeirantes but also by political and economic issues. They were finally settled in its current location near Ybytyruzu hills in 1683. As a result, the city got the nickname of "Wandering City". After the end of the Paraguayan War in 1870, Villarrica experienced rapid economic and demographic growth, becoming the second most important city in Paraguay after the capital Asuncion. The city continues to be a well-known cultural hub today.

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Area

This district has an area of 14 square kilometers, with a total population of 3,483 inhabitants and a population density of 24.88 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Limits

North: The city of Villarrica, capital of the department. South: The Iturbe district. West: The Borja district. East: The Ñumí and Iturbe districts.

Hydrography

The following streams flow through the district:

Remansito. Yhacá Guazú. Itacuña.

Demographics

According to the data provided by the General Office of Statistics, Polls and Census, this is the data of the San Salvador district:

Population from 0 to 14 years old: 35.2% Population from 15 to 64 years old: 56.4% Population from 65 years old: 8.4% Average number of children per family: 3.1 kids Illiteracy rate: 10.5% Percentage of the population occupied in agricultural activities: 65.6% Percentage of houses with electricity: 89.4% Percentage of houses with water service: 33.8%

Economy

The inhabitants in this district are involved in the cultivation of wheat, sugar-cane, tobacco, cotton and grapes. They also participate in the breeding of cows, sheep, pigs and horses.