Ciudad del Este
Ciudad del Este (Spainyie for Ceety o the East) is the seicont lairgest ceety in Paraguay an caipital o Alto Paraná Depairtment, locatit at the Rio Paraná.
Ciudad del Este | |
|---|---|
Ceety | |
  Ciudad del Este Location o Ciudad del Este in Paraguay | |
| Coordinates: 25°31′00″S 54°37′00″W / 25.51667°S 54.61667°W | |
| Kintra |  Paraguay |
| Depairtment | Alto Parana |
| Foondit | 3 Februar 1957 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Intendente Municipal | Sandra Mac Leod de Zacarias |
| Area | |
| • Total | 104 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 320,782 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
| Postal code | 7000 |
| Area code(s) | (595) (61) |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Foondit in 1957, it wis oreeginally cawed Puerto Flor de Lis (Port Fleurdelis), then till 1989 Puerto Presidente Stroessner (Port Preses Stroessner), efter Alfredo Stroessner. It is pairt o a triangle kent as the Triple Frontera (Triple border), or Tríplice Fronteira in Portuguese. It is linked tae the Brazilian ceety o Foz do Iguaçu bi the Friendship Bridge; Puente de la Amistad in Spainyie, Ponte da Amizade in Portuguese. The ceety is the seat o the Roman Catholic Diocese o Ciudad del Este.
Population eedit
Sizeable Immigrant Population eedit
The ceety haes a lairge Asian-born population, specifically Taiwanese, Koreans, Arabs an Iranians, evident in the ceety's mosque an pagodas. The Taiwanese govrenment peyed for the construction o the ceety's toun hall in exchange for Paraguayan support in the Unitit Naitions, hence the Taiwanese banner that flies on the buildin.
Economy eedit
Ciudad del Este generates aboot 60% o Paraguay's GDP. It is the third lairgest free-tax commerce zone in the warld, efter Miami an Hong Kong, an — thegither wi Foz do Iguaçu — it is the heidquarters o the company that operates the nearbi Itaipu dam. The ceety's economy (an Paraguay's economy as well) relies heavily on the mood o the Brazilian economy, as 95% o Paraguay's share o the energy generatit bi the Itaipu Dam is sauld tae Brazil (for US$300 million), an that ivery day mony Brazilians cross the mairch tae buy less-expensive products[1] (US$1.2 billion, makstly electronics). Smugglin is a major occupation in the ceety, wi some estimates puttin the value o this black mercat at five times the naitional economy. Indeed, evidence indicates that some o the revenue generatit bi smugglin mey support criminal organisations based ootside the region, includin terrorist organisations.[2][3]
Transportation eedit
Guarani Internaitional Airport, locatit in the suburb ceety o Minga Guazú, connects the ceety wi ither Sooth American destinations.
References eedit
- ↑ In Paraguay Border Town, Almost Anything Goes By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, March 15, 1998]
- ↑ "Terrorist Threat in the Tri-Border Area: Myth or Reality?". Archived frae the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ↑ "Hezbollah builds a Western base". Archived frae the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
External links eedit
- Current photos o the ceety in the Skyscrapercity Forum Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Ciudad del Este Archived 2012-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Municipalidad de Ciudad del Este
- Images o the ceety
- Ciudad del Este Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ABC Color Archived 2006-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- SENATUR Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
- CiudaddelEste.com.py Archived 2007-05-08 at Archive.today
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