Valenzuela, Paraguay Explained

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.

-25.6°N -56.8667°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Torres, Dionisio González. Origen e Historia de los pueblos del Paraguay. 2010. Servilibro. Asunción. 978-99953-0-198-9. 204.