Skip to content
EntityQ1750484· pop 10· linked from 27 articles

Also known as Pirayu

Pirayú is a town in the Paraguarí department of Paraguay. It is 50km from Asunción, in the vicinity of the Cordillera de los Altos.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Pirayú
Settlement.image_skyline
Estación_de_Ferrocarril_en_Pirayú.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Old train station, built circa 1860
Settlement.pushpin_map
Paraguay
Settlement.mapsize
200px
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Paraguay
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Paraguarí
Settlement.leader_title
Intendente municipal
Settlement.leader_name
Guido Ramón Gayoso
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
15 October 1769
Settlement.founder
Carlos Morphi
Settlement.area_total_km2
141
Settlement.population_as_of
2016
Settlement.population_total
17601
Settlement.population_density_km2
125.72

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Area
174
Image
Estancia Paraíso - Pirayu.jpg
Show 1 more fact
Commons category
Pirayú
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~3 min read

Article

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Economy
  • Infrastructure
  • Notable people
  • References
  • Sources

Pirayú is a town in the Paraguarí department of Paraguay. It is 50km from Asunción, in the vicinity of the Cordillera de los Altos.

== History == Pirayú; formerly called Gayoso Chapel. Its original name stems from a land donation from the Gayoso feudatory family, a descendant of the local encomendero, to the local Franciscan order.

On the map

2 mapped locations

Available in 9 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0

Connections

Categories