Nueva Italia, Paraguay
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| Coordinates: 25°37′12″S 57°30′0″W / 25.62000°S 57.50000°W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Central |
| Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 3 367 |
| Climate | Cfa |
Nueva Italia (Spanish for New Italy) is a town in the Central Department of Paraguay.
History[edit]
Nueva Italia was created in 1904 by the Paraguay government in order to establish some colonists from Italy and their 18 families in a farming area 40 km south of the capital Asunción. In addition to Italians, a community of German and Ukrainian emigrants also moved to Nueva Italia.[citation needed]
The first manager-administrator of this Colonia Nueva Italia (as was officially named) was the Italian count Enrico Statella.[1] After WW1 many Italians returned to Italy or moved to the capital Asuncion, but the settlement -after an initial crisis- survived & remained as a small agricultural center. Mura,[2] Musto and Carolini were some of the Italian families that remained and perfectly integrated with the local Paraguayan population.
In the 1930s the colony was a success and grew in importance as a farming city for the Greater Asunción area[3]
In 1956 was created the Distrito Nueva Italia,[4] that in the 2010s have nearly 20,000 inhabitants.
The main activities are farming and husbandry.[5] Recently is being developed some tourism, thanks to new roads toward the capital and other surroundings[6]
The city is located to the north of the "Distrito Nueva Italia" and has a perfect square shape, because of the original urban planning promoted by count Enrico Statella.[7]
The District "Nueva Italia"[edit]
The "Central department" of Paraguay (with the "Greater Asuncion" metropolitan area) is divided in 19 districts. The one located in the most southern section is Nueva Italia:
| District | km2 | Population (2002) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Areguá | 122 | 44.566 | |
| Capiatá | 83 | 154.274 | |
| Fernando de la Mora | 21 | 113.560 | |
| Guarambaré | 59 | 16.687 | |
| Itá | 190 | 50.391 | |
| Itauguá | 122 | 60.601 | |
| Julián Augusto Saldívar | 948 | 37.374 | |
| Lambaré | 37 | 119.795 | |
| Limpio | 117 | 73.158 | |
| Luque | 203 | 185.127 | |
| Mariano Roque Alonso | 122 | 65.229 | |
| Ñemby | 40 | 71.909 | |
| Nueva Italia | 312 | 18.525 | |
| San Antonio | 29 | 37.795 | |
| San Lorenzo | 41 | 204.356 | |
| Villa Elisa | 122 | 53.166 | |
| Villeta | 888 | 22.429 | |
| Ypacaraí | 111 | 18.530 | |
| Ypané | 53 | 25.421 |
Notable people[edit]
- José Cardozo, football player.
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Italiani di Nueva Italia, p. 425
- ^ Mura family in Nueva Italia (in Spanish)
- ^ Video on the history of Nueva Italia (in Spanish)
- ^ "Nueva Italia". Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ Nueva Italia testimony (in Spanish)
- ^ Tourism possibilities, with photos (in Spanish)
- ^ Maps detailed and data on Nueva Italia and its District
Sources[edit]
- Ministero Affari Esteri. Emigrazione e colonie. Volume 3 of Emigrazione e colonie: Raccolta di rapporti dei RR. agenti diplomatici e consolari, Italy. Commissariato generale dell'emigrazione. Tipografia nazionale di G. Bertero. Roma, 1908 ([1])
- World Gazeteer: Paraguay[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
