General Artigas
General Artigas | |
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 General Artigas, Paraguay | |
  General Artigas | |
| Coordinates: 26°56′24″S 56°13′12″W / 26.94000°S 56.22000°W | |
| Country |  Paraguay |
| Department | Itapúa Department |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 4 435 |
General Artigas is a town in the Itapúa Department of Paraguay.
It is named after the Uruguayan national hero, José Gervasio Artigas, who spent his last 30 years exiled in Paraguay (1820-1850).
Sister cities
[edit]General Artigas is twinned with:
Fray Bentos, Uruguay[1]
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- World Gazeteer: Paraguay[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
External links
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