Valenzuela | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | Paraguay |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Paraguay |
Coordinates: | -25.5667°N -107°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Paraguay |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Cordillera |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Eladio Galeano Lugo |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 173 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 5581 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | AST |
Utc Offset1: | -04 |
Timezone1 Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -03 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 3070 |
Valenzuela is a town and district of the Cordillera Department, Paraguay, located some 107 km from Asunción. It was founded in 1783 in an area previously known as Yvyraity. The full name of the settlement was Capilla de Valenzuela de los Naranjos because it was formed around a Chapel of San Jose, built by father Antonio Fernandez de Valenzuela.[1] As of 2002, the district's population amounted to 5,581.
Economy is based on agriculture, especially cultivation of ananas. The parish church of Valenzuela houses a Baroque pulpit dating to the first Jesuit missions in the country.