Nueva Colombia
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Nueva Colombia is a distrito
in the Cordillera Department
of Paraguay
, located on the road between Emboscada
and San Bernardino
. Its stands 160 metres above sea level.
This name was adopted by the town's founders because the coffee grown in the area was similar to Colombia
n coffee. Nueva Colombia, in English
, means New Colombia.
District
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in the Cordillera Department
Cordillera Department
-History:During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this area of the country was going through a serious crisis due to population bellicosity of the Indians from Chaco. The villagers from Tobatí located north of the river Pirapo then called, had to migrate south for the continue attacks by...
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...
, located on the road between Emboscada
Emboscada
Emboscada may be:...
and San Bernardino
San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California is a large city in the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area of Southern California.San Bernardino may also refer to:-Landforms:*San Bernardino , a torrent that flows through the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola...
. Its stands 160 metres above sea level.
This name was adopted by the town's founders because the coffee grown in the area was similar to Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n coffee. Nueva Colombia, in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, means New Colombia.