Nueva Italia | |
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  Nueva Italia | |
| Coordinates: 25°37′12″S57°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.
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 "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 |
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