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Paraguarí, Paraguay
December 12, 2024
Paraguarí, Paraguay, with a population around 23,000, was founded in 1775. Paraguarí is called "Cradle of National Independence", since in the Cerro Mba'e fight, of January 19, 1811, the Paraguayan army defeated the Spanish army from Buenos Aires. That win lead to the independence of Paraguay. In the early-to-mid 17th century the Jesuits were expelled from Paraguay by order of the King of Spain, then soon after, the town of Paraguarí was founded.
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Asunción, Paraguay
December 10, 2024
Asunción, Paraguay, my second visit to this city, the capital of Paraguay. I wrote quite a lot about Asunción in May 2023 after my first visit, so this time I the blog for Asunción will be shorter. First, it's raining. On and off all day, each day, so my chances of exploring more of the city have been quite limited. Also, the charger thing for my laptop computer died so I had to spend a good chunk of one morning looking for a laptop service shop that had a replacement charger. Then, I spent more time walking around looking for a loundry service. So those two tasks ate up half of my first day here. The remainder of the day was a washout due to the constand drizzly rain.
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Formosa, Argentina
December 7, 2024
Formosa, Argentina, a city of about 235,000 in the urban area, sits on the river border with Paraguay, a few hours south of Asunción, Paraguay (capital of Paraguay). I visited Formosa about a year and-a-half ago and wrote that I liked this small city, I also wrote that it is quiet. And that still stands. And, now they are doing more reclamation work alongside the river which will extend the park space.
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Córdoba, Argentina
December 4, 2024
Córdoba, Argentina, population about 1 1/2 million, is the second largest city in Argentina and also the largest city in square kilometers. Córdoba was founded in 1573, when it was to be a refuge from the indigenous people, for the incoming Spanish people. As big as the city is, the vast majority of its buildings are under 20 stories tall. Here is Córdoba is the National University of Córdoba which was founded in 1613, making it the fourth oldest university in all of the Americas. The Rio Suquia runs through the city.
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Villa De Merlo, Argentina
December 3, 2024
Villa de Merlo is a town of about 40,000 people. It is a destination vacation town for Argentinos. It's quite a nice little town sitting at the foot of the Sierras de los Comechingones (the Comechingones Mountains). The climate is mild and for this weekend, wet. The average daytime high for summer, right now, is in the mid-to-upper 70s, though today it is only 22° C (72° F). Merlo is known for having its own microclimate.
On the north side of the town is a nature reserve, and in that reserve is a big boulder that is mostly white. That area became known as Piedra Blanca (White Rock). In 1794, Juan de Videla visited Piedra Blanca and saw that the area would be good for a town. On October 1, 1796, the town was given the name of Villa de Melo (Town of Melo), given in honor of Pedro Melo of Portugal.
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