Itá, Paraguay
District & City in Central, Paraguay
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Itá is a city and a district located along the 35th kilometer of Ruta 1 in the Central Department of Paraguay.
Itá | |
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District & City | |
 Flag | |
  Itá Location within Paraguay | |
| Coordinates: 25°29′0″S 57°21′0″W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Central |
| Founded | 1539 by Domingo Martínez de Irala |
| Government | |
| • Intendente Municipal | Gloria Vicenta Benitez de Cantero |
| Area | |
• Total | 183.84 km2 (70.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 101 m (331 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 75,606 |
| • Density | 265/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| Time zone | -4 Gmt |
| Postal code | 2710 |
| Area code | (595) (24) |
| Climate | Cfa |
Etymology
Its name means "stone" in the sweet Guaraní, also known as the "Capital of Ceramics".[citation needed] According to other derives from the landscape that is love of the hills in the background that every ston[clarification needed]
Weather
The maximum temperature in summer reaches 40°C at times. The minimum in winter is 0°C. The average in the central department is 22°C. It is located in one of the departments in which rainfall is most abundant from January to April and scarcer from June to August.[citation needed]
Demography
Itá has a total of 81,084 inhabitants, of whom 40,708 were males and 40,377 females, according to projections from the Directorate General of Statistics, Census and Surveys.[citation needed]
History
Founded in 1539 by Governor Domingo Martínez de Irala,[citation needed] a town inhabited by natural Guaraní. It has been a district since 1884.[citation needed] Itá begins with a mestizo population with customs and traditions, turning with the passage of time very original, which were gradually lost, not to be disseminated or lack of knowledge, why are not valued or transmitted to its fair measure.[citation needed]
Itá is known and regarded as the city's "pitcher and honey" because in times of reducing the Franciscan Friar Thomas Aquinas was dedicated to teaching women instead of a new way of livelihood which was preparing of the vessels that gave the name of pitcher made of mud.[citation needed]
The production of honey cane emerges from the first settlers.[citation needed]
History of the Itá Lagoon
According to some residents of the city of Itá, which in wartime large armies that passed through that place an elderly woman who lived in the interior of his house had a well, the soldiers called thirsty to drink water and the old woman refused to give not only them but everyone who asked to drink and then fell into a flood, which flooded the entire house until they formed a lagoon. There is another story relates that within that gap is a bell buried gold, so that the invaders of wartime not carry as a trophy of war.[citation needed]
Communities
Name Population Yjhovy 1435 Potrero Po’i 2046 Itá Potrero 1063 Valle Jo’a 245 Oculto Chircaty 780 Arrua’i 2833 Curupicayty 1468 Peguaho 1289 Jhugua Ñaró 1185 Calle Ybaté 1185 Calle Po’i 193 Tapé Tuyá 497 Posta Gaona 1591 Aveiro 2033 Caaguazu'i 2204 Caraguataity 286 Las Piedras 2507
Itá neighborhoods
Name Neighborhood San Blas Neighborhood Sportivo Neighborhood Cerro Corá Neighborhood San Antonio Neighborhood Villa Rossana I and II Neighborhood Paranambu Neighborhood San Cayetano Neighborhood San Miguel
Economy
Residents of Itá engage in agriculture and pottery, and lately also to trade the adventure tourism (in the company Arruaí) in addition to the very peculiar characteristics are the use of black pottery.[clarification needed]
Transportation
Itá is 37 kilometers from Asunción, on Route I Mariscal Francisco Solano López, another route is widely used to reach what is colloquially known as the "Southern Access".[citation needed]
Tourism
The city is one of the most significant reductions Franciscan. The people of Itá preserve this tradition through the production of handicrafts in manufacture of ceramics, dolls, and baskets.[citation needed] Visitors can tour the market, tourism gastronomic seafood meal on the market only in the country for its flavor and characteristics.
In the San Blas Craft Center, located on Route I in the city centre, is a permanent exhibition of pottery, Guaraní-Hispanic ceramics, pitchers, blankets and other work.[citation needed]
The Itá lagoon, "Acosta Ñú Martyrs" has never dried.[citation needed]
In the Cerro Arrúa'i cave is a resort on the Arroyo Paranambú.[citation needed]
In addition, the Church of San Blas is a Franciscan church built in 1698. There are opportunities for adventure tourism such as hunting, fishing, safaris, and the path of Mariscal Lopez.[citation needed]
Notable people
- Potter, Rosa Brítez, declared "Potter of América" for her work.[citation needed]
- Ceramists Juana Marta Rodas and Julia Isídrez, creditor Dutch "Prince Claus Award" for their work.[citation needed]
- Elvis Marecos, professional footballer.[citation needed]
- Marcelo Fernández, professional footballer.[citation needed]
- Jorge Guasch, professional footballer.[citation needed]
References
- Illustrated Geography of Paraguay, SRL Distributed Arami, 2007. ISBN 99925-68-04-6
- Geography of Paraguay, First Edition 1999, Publisher Hispanic Paraguay SRL.
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