Capitán Bado is a city in the

Amambay Amambay () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Pedro Juan Caballero. The name comes from the name of a part of the Caaguazú Cordillera, " Amambai Mountains". Amambay is the name of a fern, typical of the forest in the region. Distri ...

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. It was founded on July 25, 1914 during the government of Eduardo Schaerer. It is located on the

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, the mountain range in northern Paraguay.

Toponymy

The city was founded under the name "Captain Bado" in honor of José Matías Bado, an army officer from the town of Pilar who fought in the

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, when Paraguay opposed

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and

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. Before that, the city was known as ''Ñu Verá'', meaning "bright field" in Guarani.

Geography

Located 110 km from Pedro Juan Caballero, Capitán Bado is a frontier city on the boundary between Paraguay and Brazil. It spreads to the foot of the Cordillera del Amambay and only a street separates it from the Brazilian city of Coronel Sapucaia.

Economy

The main economic activity of the population is agriculture. Chiefly,

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is grown, along with

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products such as fruits and vegetables. There is also large-scale logging and

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, and subsequent export of roundwood. This is done without adequate control, and as a result the district has reached high levels of deforestation. The city has major sawmills, as well as yerba mate silos and mills. The inhabitants are also engaged in local business, import and export. The ''Avenida Internacional'' ("International Avenue") is the border with the city of Coronel Sapucaia in Brazil.

Cannabis cultivation

Capitán Bado's informal economy also produces of Indian hemp or pressed

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, also known as "brick weed," as usual in the province of Amambay, which accounts for 75% of the total 5,000 hectares of plantation land in Paraguay.HighBeam
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References

World Gazeteer: Paraguay
– World-Gazetteer.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Capitan Bado Populated places in the Amambay Department