Capiatá () is a city and a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
in
Central Department
Central () is a Departments of Paraguay, department in Paraguay. The capital is Areguá. With 1,883,927 inhabitants, it is the most populated of the 17 departments of Paraguay. It is also the smallest department, with a total area of .
Geogra ...
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Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...
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It is the only city in
Central that borders seven cities:
Aregua,
Itaugua,
Juan Augusto Saldívar,
Luque
Luque () is a city in Central Department of Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. Both 1635 and 1750 have been recorded as dates of its founding. It was temporarily the capital of Paraguay in 1868 during the Paraguayan War ...
,
Ñemby,
San Lorenzo and
Ypane.
It is the location of the
Francisco López Military Academy.
Etymology
The city was called Capiâtá in
Classical Guarani. The name is believed to derive from the Spanish reading of the written name, thought to be derived from ''capyí'' "grass, hay" and ''atȃ́'' "hard."
Administrative Division
The district is divided in an urban center and 15 ''compañías'':
* 1 Naranjaty
* 2 Costa Salinas
* 3 Ca´aguy cupe
* 4 Costa Salinares
* 5 Yataity
* 6
Posta Ybycua
* 7 Posta Ybyraro
* 8 Rojas Cañada
* 9 Rojas Cañada
* 10 Laurelty
* 11 Toledo Cañada
* 15 Aldana Cañada
* 16 Urugua´y
* 17 Ycua-cora cerrito
* 18 Loma Barrero
Notable people
*
Carlos Lara Bareiro, musician
References
Populated places in the Central Department
Populated places established in 1728
1728 establishments in the Spanish Empire
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