Caacupe

Caacupé is a city and district in . It is the capital of the department of . The town was founded in 1770 by Carlos Murphy, a grenadier in the service of King Charles III of Spain, although a settlement existed here from the 17th century.
  • Type: Town with 47,300 residents
  • Description: City & District in Cordillera, Paraguay
  • Also known as: “Caacupé”, “ka’a kupe”, and “Ka’akupé”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles of Caacupé.

Church
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles, also…

Caacupe

Latitude
-25.3857° or 25° 23′ 9″ south
Longitude
-57.1405° or 57° 8′ 26″ west
Population
47,300
Elevation
180 metres (591 feet)
Established
1770
UN/LOCODE
PY CAA
Open location code
5864JV75+PR
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Caacupe” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ካኩፔ”
  • Arabic: “كاكوبي”
  • Armenian: “Կաակուպե”
  • Asturian: “Caacupé”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kaakupe”
  • Basque: “Caacupé”
  • Bengali: “কাকুপে”
  • Catalan: “Caacupé”
  • Cebuano: “Caacupé”
  • Chavacano: “Caacupé”
  • Chinese: “卡库佩”
  • Chinese: “卡庫佩”
  • Czech: “Caacupé”
  • Danish: “Caacupé”
  • Dutch: “Caacupé”
  • Esperanto: “Caacupé”
  • Finnish: “Caacupé”
  • French: “Caacupé”
  • Galician: “Caacupé”
  • Georgian: “კააკუპე”
  • German: “Caacupé”
  • Guarani: “Ka’akupe”
  • Guarani: “Kaakupe”
  • Hausa: “Caacupe”
  • Hindi: “काकुपे”
  • Indonesian: “Caacupe”
  • Indonesian: “Caacupé”
  • Italian: “Caacupé”
  • Japanese: “カアクペ”
  • Javanese: “Caacupe”
  • Kazakh: “Каакупе”
  • Kirghiz: “Каакупе”
  • Korean: “카쿠페”
  • Lithuanian: “Kaakupė”
  • Malay: “Caacupe”
  • Northern Frisian: “Caacupé”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Caacupé”
  • Oromo: “Caacupe”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਕੁਪੇ”
  • Persian: “کائاکوپه”
  • Polish: “Caacupé”
  • Portuguese: “Caacupé”
  • Pushto: “کاکوپې”
  • Romanian: “Caacupé”
  • Russian: “Каакупе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Caacupé”
  • Silesian: “Caacupé”
  • Sinhala: “කැකුපේ, පැරගුවේ”
  • Somali: “Caacupe”
  • Spanish: “Caacupé”
  • Swahili: “Caacupe”
  • Swedish: “Caacupé”
  • Tajik: “Каакупе”
  • Tatar: “Каакупе”
  • Thai: “กาอากูเป”
  • Turkish: “Caacupé”
  • Ukrainian: “Каакупе”
  • Urdu: “کاکوپے”
  • Uzbek: “Kaakupe”
  • Vietnamese: “Caacupé”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Caacupé”
  • Wu Chinese: “卡库佩”
  • “Caacupé”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ybu and Barrio Daniel Escurra.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Site of the Caacupé Basilica and Museum of the Basilica of Caacupé.

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Worth a closer look: Asunción and Ciudad del Este.

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