Nueva Italia (Spanish for New Italy) is a town in the Central Department of Paraguay.
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| Coordinates: 25°37′12″S 57°30′0″W / 25.62000°S 57.50000°W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Central |
| Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 3 367 |
| Climate | Cfa |
History
editNueva Italia was created in 1904 by the Paraguay government in order to establish some colonists from Italy and their 18 families in a farming area 40 km south of the capital Asunción. In addition to Italians, a community of German and Ukrainian emigrants also moved to Nueva Italia.[citation needed]
The first manager-administrator of this Colonia Nueva Italia (as was officially named) was the Italian count Enrico Statella.[1] After WW1 many Italians returned to Italy or moved to the capital Asuncion, but the settlement -after an initial crisis- survived & remained as a small agricultural center. Mura,[2] Musto and Carolini were some of the Italian families that remained and perfectly integrated with the local Paraguayan population.
In the 1930s the colony was a success and grew in importance as a farming city for the Greater Asunción area[3]
In 1956 was created the Distrito Nueva Italia,[4] that in the 2010s have nearly 20,000 inhabitants.
The main activities are farming and husbandry.[5] Recently is being developed some tourism, thanks to new roads toward the capital and other surroundings[6]
The city is located to the north of the "Distrito Nueva Italia" and has a perfect square shape, because of the original urban planning promoted by count Enrico Statella.[7]
Notable people
edit- José Cardozo, football player
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Italiani di Nueva Italia, p. 425
- ↑ Mura family in Nueva Italia (in Spanish)
- ↑ Video on the history of Nueva Italia (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Nueva Italia". Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ↑ Nueva Italia testimony (in Spanish)
- ↑ Tourism possibilities, with photos (in Spanish)
- ↑ Maps detailed and data on Nueva Italia and its District
Sources
edit- Ministero Affari Esteri. Emigrazione e colonie. Volume 3 of Emigrazione e colonie: Raccolta di rapporti dei RR. agenti diplomatici e consolari, Italy. Commissariato generale dell'emigrazione. Tipografia nazionale di G. Bertero. Roma, 1908 ()
- World Gazeteer: Paraguay[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com