Yguazú District
Yguazú, historically known as Colonia Yguazú, is a municipality and district of Paraguay's Alto Paraná Department, founded by Japanese immigrants. Yguazú was founded on 22 August, 1961, as a Japanese agricultural colony, and is located 40 kilometers to the West of Ciudad del Este.- Type: Town with 12,300 residents
- Description: place in Alto Paraná, Paraguay
- Also known as: “Colonia Yguazu”
Yguazú District
- Categories: municipality of Paraguay, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Yguazu, Alto Paraná Department, Paraguay, South America
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Latitude
-25.4634° or 25° 27′ 48″ southLongitude
-55.00115° or 55° 0′ 4″ westPopulation
12,300Elevation
260 metres (853 feet)Inception
1961Open location code
5866GXPX+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 2211992071OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Yguazú District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ايغواسو، باراغواي”
- Basque: “Yguazú”
- Bengali: “কলোনিয়া ইগুয়ানজু”
- Chinese: “伊瓜苏”
- Chinese: “伊瓜蘇”
- Danish: “Colonia Yguazu”
- Dutch: “Colonia Yguazú”
- Finnish: “Colonia Yguazú”
- French: “Yguazú”
- Greek: “Κολόνια Ιγκουαζού”
- Guarani: “Yguasu”
- Gujarati: “કોલોનિયા યુગોઝુ”
- Hindi: “ईगुआसु”
- Indonesian: “Colonia Yguazú”
- Italian: “Yguazú”
- Japanese: “イグアス移住地”
- Kannada: “ಕಲೋನಿಯಾ ಯಗಝು”
- Korean: “이구아스”
- Latvian: “Kolonija Iguasu”
- Lithuanian: “Kolonia Igvasu”
- Lithuanian: “Kolonija Yguasu”
- Lithuanian: “Yguasu”
- Malay: “Colonia Yguazu”
- Marathi: “कोलोनिया युगोझू”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Colonia Yguazu”
- Polish: “Colonia Yguazú”
- Portuguese: “Colonia Yguazú”
- Portuguese: “Yguazú”
- Russian: “Игуасу”
- Sinhala: “කොලොනියා වයිගුආසු”
- Spanish: “Colonia Yguazu”
- Spanish: “Colonia Yguazú”
- Spanish: “Yguazu”
- Spanish: “Yguazú”
- Swedish: “Colonia Yguazú”
- Tamil: “கோலோனியா ய்குவஸு”
- Telugu: “కోలోనియా యగ్జజు”
- Thai: “โคโลเนีย ยกัวซู”
- Turkish: “Yguazu Kolonisi”
- Ukrainian: “Колонія-Ігуасу”
- Urdu: “کولونیا”
- Urdu: “یگازو ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Colonia Yguazu”
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