Doctor Pedro P. Peña

Doctor Pedro P. Peña
Doctor Pedro P. Peña
	The Pilcomayo River near Pedro Peña, Paraguay
	Doctor Pedro P. Peña
	Coordinates: 22°28′48″S 62°18′0″W / 22.48000°S 62.30000°W
Country	Paraguay
Department	Boquerón
Population (2008)
• Total	6 143

Doctor Pedro P. Peña is a village at the Argentina–Paraguay border, in the Boquerón department of Paraguay. It used to be the capital of Boquerón until 1992, when Filadelfia became capital.

At around 2006, the Pilcomayo River changed its path and destroyed most of Dr. Pedro P. Peña. After the incident the village was abandoned. The mission P. P. Peña moved approx. 8 km north.^[1]

References

^ Color, ABC. "Pilcomayo convirtió a Pedro P. Peña en poblado "tragado" por el bosque - Edicion Impresa - ABC Color" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-05-11.

Sources

World Gazeteer: Paraguay^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
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[1] Color, ABC. "Pilcomayo convirtió a Pedro P. Peña en poblado "tragado" por el bosque - Edicion Impresa - ABC Color" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-05-11.

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