Ricardo Brugada, mostly known as La Chacarita, is a neighbourhood of
Asunción
Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay o ...
, the capital of
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
. It is a
shanty town and one of the poorest locations in the entire country. Approximately 20,000 people live there. It is located in the center of the metropolitan area of Asunción, close to city landmarks such as the Government Palace, the Parliament, the Cathedral, the Catholic University and the Costanera. It is located on the banks of the
Paraguay River
The Paraguay River (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, Ysyry Paraguái in Guarani) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. It flows about from its headwaters i ...
, starting at the Bernardino Caballero Park until the port of Asuncion.
Paraguayan musician and composer,
Maneco Galeano, immortalized the name of this barrio in a
Guarania song called "Soy de la Chacarita" (I am from the Chacarita). This neighbourhood is also characterized by its
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
teams that play in the lower divisions of the Paraguayan league:
Resistencia, Oriental, San Felipe and 3 de Febrero.
References
Neighbourhoods of Asunción
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