Carapeguá
district of Paraguay
Carapeguá (Spanish pronunciation: [kaɾapeˈɣwa], Guaraní: Karapegua) is a city and district of the Paraguarí Department, Paraguay, located 84 km from Asunción. It was founded in 1725.
Settled by the Caañabé river and over the Route 1 "Mariscal Francisco Solano López", the Carapeguá district is located near the legendary Ypoá lake.
It is also known as the "Caañabé's Pearl".
Area
This district has an area of 435 square kilometers, populated by approximately 32,939 inhabitants and with a population density of 75,72 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Economy
Carapeguá is known as the capital of the poyvi (Guaraní for "thread") because of its fine artisan production in threaded objects such as blankets, ponchos, sheets, hammocks. and others. They are made with a technique popularly called poyvi in which old looms are used.
The inhabitants are dedicated to agricultural and cattle activities, and also to the cultivation of sugar-cane. In cattle production, they stock-breed cows, sheep and horses.
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