Lambaré

Lambaré is a ceety in Central Depairtment, Paraguay, pairt o the Gran Asunción metropolitan aurie. Wi a population o approx. 140.000 inhabitants, it is the saxt maist populous ceety in the kintra.

Lambaré
Lambaré
Coordinates: 25°19′48″S 57°38′24″W
Kintra	Paraguay
Depairtment	Central
Govrenment
• Mayor	Roberto Cárdenas (ANR)
Area
• Total	27 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	140,498
• Density	5,204/km2 (13,480/sq mi)
Area code(s)	021

History

Lambaré wis foondit bi Carlos Murphy in 1766. Efter the unthirldom o Paraguay, its creation wis formalisit bi Law No. 791, o 5 Juin 1962. The decree o the formation o the new municipality wis signed bi the govrenment o Alfredo Stroessner. The first preses o the Municipal Cooncil wis Mariano Escauriza.

Toponymy

The name o the toun derive frae the Guarani leid Ambaré, "the laund o shadaes". The fowk wur kent as avambaré, ceetizens o El Ambaré.

Population

It is pairt o the ten destricts that mak up the conurbation o Greater Asunción. The growthe o the caipital, favored the development o the population o this ceety, today Lambaré is the saxt maist populous ceety in Paraguay. Accordin tae the 2002 census conductit bi the General Directorate o Statistics, Surveys an Censuses Lambaré ceety haed approx. 140,000 inhabitants.

Sources

• World Gazeteer: Paraguay – World-Gazetteer.com