National Route 11 (officially, PY11, simply known as Ruta Once) is a
highway
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in
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 ...
, which runs from
Antequera
Antequera () is a city and municipality in the Comarca de Antequera, province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" (''el corazón de Andalucía'') because of its central loc ...
to
Capitán Bado
Capitán Bado is a city in the Amambay department of Paraguay.
It was founded on July 25, 1914 during the government of Eduardo Schaerer. It is located on the Cordillera del Amambay, the mountain range in northern Paraguay.
Toponymy
The cit ...
.
Distances, cities and towns
The following table shows the distances traversed by National Route 11 in each different department, showing cities and towns that it passes by (or near).
In their 2011 book of correspondence ''Five Years'', authors
Christian Kracht and
David Woodard
David Woodard (, ; born April 6, 1964) is an American conductor and writer. During the 1990s he coined the term ''prequiem'', a portmanteau of preemptive and requiem, to describe his Buddhist practice of composing dedicated music to be rendered d ...
discuss traveling along Route 11 to and from
Nueva Germania. In ''Die Südharzreise'', Woodard discusses Route 11 in comparison to
Bundesautobahn 38
is an autobahn in Germany. It connects the A 7 near Göttingen with Leipzig. In ''Die Südharzreise'', David Woodard discusses Bundesautobahn 38 in comparison to Route 11 in Paraguay and U.S. Route 66.Woodard, D., "Autobahn 38, Ruta XI, Ro ...
and
U.S. Route 66.
[Woodard, "Autobahn 38, Ruta XI, Route 666", in F. Fischer, ''Die Südharzreise'' (]Berlin
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: SuKuLTuR, 2010)
p. 83
References
{{National Roads in Paraguay
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San Pedro Department, Paraguay