Minga Guazú
Minga guazú Minga Guasú on the map of Paraguay
Minga guazú ( Guaraní Minga Guasú ) is a town in the department of Alto Paraná. The city, founded in 1958 is located 311 km from the capital of Asunción and 20 km from Ciudad del Este, the capital of the department.
Toponym
Minga means in Quechua as much as division of labor and community, and Guaraní guazú in large, so together as much as a lot of shared community work.
Geography
Through the area Minga Guazús the rivers flow Río Monday and Río Acaray and the Arroyos Acaray -mi and Santa Maria.
Minga guazú basically consists of two large population centers; these are with the kilometers 16 and 20 of Ruta VIII In the one which in 1966 was a school and a church dedicated to the patron saint Mariahilf, in the other there are the main public institutions and the College Don Bosco.
The average annual temperature is 21 ° C. The highest temperature will be 38 ° C and the lowest at 0 ° C. This region Paraquays recorded the highest annual rainfall.
Demography
Of the 60 719 inhabitants are estimated by the Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos 31 358 men and 29,361 women. Minga guazú part of the Área Metropolitana de Ciudad del Este.
History
On May 14, 1958 Group of young people founded in the jungle of the Parana the settlement, which colonized the area under the leadership of belonging to the Salesians of Don Bosco priest Guido Coronel.
But officially Minga guazú was statuiert only by Law No 623 of 22 March 1990 and received the name of the former colony.
Economy
The multinational Cargill has its headquarters for Paraguay in Minga guazú. In addition to the production of agricultural products and their processing will also fertilizer is produced.
Much of the economic activity of the city is made of the agricultural cooperative, which has evolved over time to an agricultural- industrial-scale operation.
The main agricultural products include soybeans and corn, cassava, cotton, wheat, Mate, sugarcane, poultry and vegetables.
Tourism
Every year in September there will be an exhibition. On May 24, the protective sheath is celebrated.
Attractive for tourists is the Paraíso Golf Club, which is about 24 km from Ciudad del Este on the Route VII. Visitors can stay in bungalows on the lake shore, horse riding, archery and fishing. These include a golf course with 18 holes, which is integrated into the natural environment.
Traffic
The city is located on the Route VII and is also good on the Ruta VI accessible. The Aeropuerto Internacional Guaraní is in the field of Minga guazú and connects scheduled flights to the region with the capital of the country, but also with the airport São Paulo - Guarulhos in Brazil and the airport Ezeiza in Argentina.
Documents
- Location in Paraguay
- Department of Alto Paraná