Jesús
Jesús is a district in the Itapúa Department of Paraguay. It is well known for its Jesuit Mission, the Ruins of Jesús de Tavarangue. In 1993, the mission was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is open to visitation by tourists.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 6,360 residents
- Description: district of Paraguay
- Also known as: “Jesus”, “Jesus de Tavarangue”, “Jesús de Tavarangüé”, “Jesus, Paraguay”, and “Jesús, Paraguay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ruins of Jesús de Tavarangue.
Ruins of Jesús de Tavarangue
Archaeological site
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jesús de Tavarangue was a Jesuit Reduction located in what is now Itapua, Paraguay. The ruins of the mission, together with those of Trinidad were designated a UN World Heritage Site designated in 1993.
Jesús
- Categories: municipality of Paraguay and locality
- Location: Itapúa, Paraguay, South America
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Latitude
-27.0557° or 27° 3′ 21″ southLongitude
-55.7412° or 55° 44′ 29″ westPopulation
6,360Elevation
193 metres (633 feet)Open location code
5846W7V5+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 684913471OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11839938Wikidata ID
Q1688403
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Jesús” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Jesús de Tavarangüé”
- Chinese: “赫蘇斯”
- Dutch: “Jesús”
- French: “Jesús de Tavarangüé”
- French: “Jesús”
- German: “Jesús”
- Hebrew: “חזוס”
- Italian: “Jesús”
- Portuguese: “Jesús (Paraguai)”
- Portuguese: “Jesús”
- Romanian: “Jesús, Paraguay”
- Spanish: “Jesús de Tavarangüé (Paraguay)”
- Spanish: “Jesús de Tavarangüé”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plaza Central and Comisaría 26 Jesus.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jesús”. Photo: Greg Schechter, CC BY 2.0.