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Natalicio Talavera
Natalicio Talavera is a town in the Guairá Department of Paraguay. The town is named after 19th-century poet Natalicio Talavera. The Tebicuarymí River The Tebicuarymí River is a river in the Paraguarí Department of Paraguay. It feeds into the Tebicuary River, which then terminates in the Paraguay River. The river flooded in 2019, displacing some nearby residents. The river is home to several spe ... runs near the town. Sources World Gazeteer: Paraguay– World-Gazetteer.com References {{reflist Populated places in the Guairá Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of seven million, nearly three million of whom live in the Capital city, capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro. Although one of only two landlocked countries in South America (Bolivia is the other), Paraguay has ports on the Paraguay River, Paraguay and Paraná River, Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean, through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway. Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537, they established the city of Asunción, the first capital of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. During the 17th century, Paraguay was the center of Reductions, Jesuit missions, where the native Guaraní people were converted to Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guairá Department
Guairá () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Villarrica. It covers a surface of , with a population of 178,130 inhabitants (2002). One can arrive there by taking the Number 8 Blas Garay Road. It was founded on May 14, 1570, by Ruiz Diaz de Melgarejo. History Until circa the 19th century, the departmenti was called ''La Guayra'' or ''Guairá'', or also ''La Pineria'' (meaning "the Cury forests"); the region was under the jurisdiction of Cabildo de Asunción on the east of the Paraguay River until the line of the Tratado de Tordesillas. This place was also site of the first great Jesuit mission of Guayra, having the borders around the northern limits, the Paranapanema River, or according to other versions, the Tiete River, and the Iguazu River on the south. It used to be called Guayra o Guaira, a large territory that currently corresponds to the state of Parana. From the 16th to 18th centuries, the Spanish founded cities (Ontiveros, Ciudad Real del Guayr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German language, German word , the Dutch language, Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic language, Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh language, Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalicio Talavera (poet)
Natalicio Talavera (1839–1867) was a Paraguayan poet and journalist. Talavera became known as one of the first post-independence Paraguayan poets. He died of disease while serving in the Paraguayan War, which he covered extensively. Biography Talavera was born in Villarrica, Paraguay on 8 September 1839. Born into a wealth family, he was educated in Villarrica and later in Asunción. During the 1850s, he became a member of the "Aurora" movement (often described as a group or school), a collection of young Paraguayan philosophers and authors. Following the outbreak of the Paraguayan War in 1865, Talavera enlisted in the Paraguayan army. While serving in the army, he wrote reports of the war that came to be read by both sides of the conflict. In 1867, he started publishing an army newspaper catering to the Paraguayan army, hoping to raise morale. However, while encamped with the army near Humaitá, Talavera contracted cholera and his health went into decline. He finished his last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tebicuarymí River
The Tebicuarymí River is a river in the Paraguarí Department of Paraguay. It feeds into the Tebicuary River, which then terminates in the Paraguay River. The river flooded in 2019, displacing some nearby residents. The river is home to several species of fish, but is also subject to improper waste dumping. See also *List of rivers of Paraguay This is a list of rivers in Paraguay. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. La Plata Basin * Paraná River ** Paraguay River *** Tebicuary River *** Pil ... References Rivers of Paraguay {{Paraguay-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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