Horqueta
Sign in to saveHorqueta () is a city of Paraguay, in the department of Concepción, located 50 kilometers from Concepción City and 428 kilometers from Asunción. It is established on a hill.
Key facts
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- Aw
- Settlement.name
- Horqueta
- Settlement.official_name
- Horqueta
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- Paraguay
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- Country
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- Department
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- Concepción
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 127
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal intendant
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jorge Enrique Centurión Giménez
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- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- May 10, 1793
- Settlement.founder
- Commander Juan Manuel Gamarra, by Priest Andrés Salinas
- Settlement.population_total
- 60031
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2889
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 18
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- Postal code
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Paraguay
- Country
- Paraguay
- Located in
- Concepción Department
- Population
- 60690
- Area
- 2825
- Elevation
- 127
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- inception
- 1793-05-10
- postal code
- 8820
- Commons category
- Horqueta
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Toponymy
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- History
- Economy
- Transportation
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Horqueta () is a city of Paraguay, in the department of Concepción, located 50 kilometers from Concepción City and 428 kilometers from Asunción. It is established on a hill.
== Toponymy == The name of the city has its origin in the name of an intersection of roads called "Tapé Horqueta", where carts camped after long journeys.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Horqueta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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