General Isidro Resquín
Encyclopedia
General Isidro Resquín is a town
in the San Pedro department of Paraguay
.
The District 'Isidoro Resquin at the Department of San Pedro Paraguay
was founded in the year 1981 by the disposal of Alfredo Stroessner
.
It has about 22,350 inhabitants who engage in agriculture
and marketing in the capital of the department (San Pedro del Ycuamandyyú).
It is separated from the Canindeyú
, (formerly called Canendiyú) by the river Jeju Guazú.
department's major rivers are tributaries of the same:
It has also streams Tajhekil, and the stream Cartei Cué which are tributaries of the river Aguara Guazu.
The district has the following ports: Puerto San Vincente and Puerto San Jose both on the river Jejuí Guazú.
Its routes are without pavement, roads are totally all types of paving.
This district has public transport services with interdistrict services and newspapers until Asuncion
Ciudad del Este
Pedro Juan Caballero
Argentina
, Brazil
and Chile
.
In terms of telephone communication, most services have dialups and now with satellite systems.
To the south are districts: Guayaibí
and Choré; two districts of the river separating the Jejui Guazú.
At the west lies the district of Lima (San Pedro)
.
By This is the XIV Canindeyú Department
and XIII Department of Amambay
.
. The city is a major centre of activity that includes livestock production of cattle, horses, sheep and pigs.
In agriculture, in the district, there are crops mate
cotton
snuff
sugarcane
, cassava
, Sesame
, Paraguayan cedar, soy, potato, alfalfa
, citrus
, peanuts
, oranges
, (sweet and sour), sunflower
.
Despite being a department rich in agricultural production and especially cattle, the dominant feature of it is the marked deficiency in terms of infrastructure and human development.
Much of the district's population, or 69.4% is poverty
and although the rest of the population is not considered poor, the gaps are very marked, the average monthly income per family corresponds to the sum of only 409,151 Guarani, which represents an income per person monthly average of 78,764 Guarani.
The population of the District of General Isidoro Resquin, also engages in fish
in commercial river.
The illiteracy, due to extreme poverty, which makes it difficult to send their children to school, particularly affects women.
The indigenous bias also has access to primary education, albeit with little notice.
In the area the town has Mennonite schools
Jesuit and Dominican
.
For the tertiary level and / or University, it has a specialized school, which is the " St. Vincent
Agricultural School “
that approximately 80% of the people speak, and the Spanish-Guarani (yoparà) is spoken by 20% of the remaining population.
Its rural population is 91.33% of the total population.
The total households in the district amounts to the amount of 4,046, of which corresponds to households in urban areas the number of 407, and in rural areas the number of 3,639 households, representing 89.94% of the households are living in rural areas.
As for the main socio-demographic indicators, General Resquin district, we have the following details:
Town
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in the San Pedro department of Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
.
The District 'Isidoro Resquin at the Department of San Pedro Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
was founded in the year 1981 by the disposal of Alfredo Stroessner
Alfredo Stroessner
Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, whose name is also spelled Strössner or Strößner , was a Paraguayan military officer and dictator from 1954 to 1989...
.
It has about 22,350 inhabitants who engage in agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
and marketing in the capital of the department (San Pedro del Ycuamandyyú).
It is separated from the Canindeyú
Canindeyú Department
Canindeyú is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Salto del Guairá.-Districts:The department is divided in 11 districts:# Corpus Christi# Curuguaty# General Francisco Caballero Alvarez # Itanará# Katueté# La Paloma...
, (formerly called Canendiyú) by the river Jeju Guazú.
Hydrography
Apart from the Paraguay RiverParaguay River
The Paraguay River is a major river in south central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina...
department's major rivers are tributaries of the same:
- Aguara Guazu
- Jejuì Guazú, .
It has also streams Tajhekil, and the stream Cartei Cué which are tributaries of the river Aguara Guazu.
The district has the following ports: Puerto San Vincente and Puerto San Jose both on the river Jejuí Guazú.
Climate
It is wet and rainy; the relative humidity is 70 to 80%. The average temperature is 23 °C, the highest in summer (in January) is 35º C and the minimum is 10 °C.Roads
This district is accessible by Route 3 General Elizardo Aquino.Its routes are without pavement, roads are totally all types of paving.
This district has public transport services with interdistrict services and newspapers until Asuncion
Asunción
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...
Ciudad del Este
Ciudad del Este
Ciudad del Este is the second largest city in Paraguay and capital of Alto Paraná department, located at the Rio Paraná....
Pedro Juan Caballero
Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay
Pedro Juan Caballero is a city in Paraguay, located in Amambay Department of which it is the capital. The city lies on the border with the Brazilian city of Ponta Porã in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and is known as a centre for cheap electronic and consumer goods, and also as a centre for drug...
Argentina
Argentina
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, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
.
In terms of telephone communication, most services have dialups and now with satellite systems.
Geography
Bordered on the north by the District Santa Rosa del Aguaray, it is separated by the river Aguaray Guazú.To the south are districts: Guayaibí
Guayaibi
Guayaibi is a town in the San Pedro department of Paraguay. It includes such notable communities as Carayao-i and Dos Mil Fatima.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
and Choré; two districts of the river separating the Jejui Guazú.
At the west lies the district of Lima (San Pedro)
Lima (Paraguay)
Lima is a town of the Department of San Pedro Paraguay. Its capital is the city of San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú.- District of Lima :One of the districts of the Second Department of San Pedro Paraguay, which is more than 330 km from the city Asuncion....
.
By This is the XIV Canindeyú Department
Canindeyú Department
Canindeyú is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Salto del Guairá.-Districts:The department is divided in 11 districts:# Corpus Christi# Curuguaty# General Francisco Caballero Alvarez # Itanará# Katueté# La Paloma...
and XIII Department of Amambay
Amambay Department
Amambay is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Pedro Juan Caballero.The name comes from the way is called a part of the Caaguazú Cordillera, “Amambay Cordillera”...
.
Indigenous Communities
Within indigenous communities that exist in the district include the following:- Santa Carolina (Yvy Ju).
- Ka´a Poty - San Vicente.
- Naranjito - San Vicente.
- Tahekyi – San Luis.
- Yvoty Hu.
Economy
Its soil is suitable for agriculture as for the livestockLivestock
Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock" as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish; however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the meaning...
. The city is a major centre of activity that includes livestock production of cattle, horses, sheep and pigs.
In agriculture, in the district, there are crops mate
Mate
Mate may refer to one of the following meanings based on the generic dictionary definitions of the word:* One of a pair of animals involved in mating* Mate , a colloquialism used to refer to a friend* A naval officer:...
cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
snuff
Snuff
Snuff is a product made from ground or pulverised tobacco leaves. It is an example of smokeless tobacco. It originated in the Americas and was in common use in Europe by the 17th century...
sugarcane
Sugarcane
Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...
, cassava
Cassava
Cassava , also called yuca or manioc, a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae native to South America, is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates...
, Sesame
Sesame
Sesame is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods....
, Paraguayan cedar, soy, potato, alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae cultivated as an important forage crop in the US, Canada, Argentina, France, Australia, the Middle East, South Africa, and many other countries. It is known as lucerne in the UK, France, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, and known as...
, citrus
Citrus
Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China...
, peanuts
Peanuts
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, oranges
Orange (fruit)
An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus × sinensis and its fruit. It is the most commonly grown tree fruit in the world....
, (sweet and sour), sunflower
Sunflower
Sunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence . The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads...
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Despite being a department rich in agricultural production and especially cattle, the dominant feature of it is the marked deficiency in terms of infrastructure and human development.
Much of the district's population, or 69.4% is poverty
Poor
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and although the rest of the population is not considered poor, the gaps are very marked, the average monthly income per family corresponds to the sum of only 409,151 Guarani, which represents an income per person monthly average of 78,764 Guarani.
The population of the District of General Isidoro Resquin, also engages in fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in commercial river.
Education
The educational level of the vast majority of the employed population (more than two-thirds) is very low, less than the first six years of basic instruction. The working population of the department itself lacks a reasonable level of qualification, which conspires against the development of the area.The illiteracy, due to extreme poverty, which makes it difficult to send their children to school, particularly affects women.
The indigenous bias also has access to primary education, albeit with little notice.
In the area the town has Mennonite schools
Mennonite
The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after the Frisian Menno Simons , who, through his writings, articulated and thereby formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders...
Jesuit and Dominican
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
.
For the tertiary level and / or University, it has a specialized school, which is the " St. Vincent
Agricultural School “
Language
Predominant language GuaraniGuaraní language
Guaraní, specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guaraní , is an indigenous language of South America that belongs to the Tupí–Guaraní subfamily of the Tupian languages. It is one of the official languages of Paraguay , where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and half of...
that approximately 80% of the people speak, and the Spanish-Guarani (yoparà) is spoken by 20% of the remaining population.
Demographics
The General District Resquin, has a total population of 22,350 inhabitants in the urban area is the amount of 1,936 inhabitants, and in the area Rural is 24,543 inhabitants.Its rural population is 91.33% of the total population.
The total households in the district amounts to the amount of 4,046, of which corresponds to households in urban areas the number of 407, and in rural areas the number of 3,639 households, representing 89.94% of the households are living in rural areas.
As for the main socio-demographic indicators, General Resquin district, we have the following details:
- Population less than 15 years 48.2%.
- Average of 3.6 children per woman.
- Illiterate 9.4%.
- Employed by the primary sector 77.7%.
- Employed by the secondary sector 5.4% ..
- Employed in the tertiary sector 16.6%.
- Occupied work in the agricultural 76.8%.
- Homes with electricity 75.1%.
- Homes with running water 55.3%.
Sources
- World Gazeteer: Paraguay – World-Gazetteer.com