Yaguarón
Yaguarón | |
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Yaguarón, Paraguay | |
| Coordinates: 25°34′S 57°17′W / 25.567°S 57.283°W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Paraguarí |
| Founded | 1539 |
| Government | |
| • Intendente Municipal | Cecilio Arzamendia Vera |
| Area | |
• Total | 192 km2 (74 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 27,250 |
| • Density | 142/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 4620 |
| Area code | +595 (533) |
Yaguarón is a city in Paraguay, located at the base of Yaguarón Hill in the Yaguarón District of Paraguarí Department, 48 kilometres (30 mi) from the capital Asunción. The town began as a Franciscan reservation for the Guaraní Indians.
It contains a famous and visually stunning church, the building of which, led by Fray Alonso de Buenaventura, started in 1640 and took 60 years to complete.
Yaguarón is also notable as the birthplace of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, dictator of Paraguay 1814–1840, whose strong authoritarianism earned him the name El Supremo. His house is now a museum – located only 200 or so meters from the church.