General Artigas

General Artigas
General Artigas
Coordinates: 26°56′24″S 56°13′12″W / 26.94000°S 56.22000°W / -26.94000; -56.22000Coordinates: 26°56′24″S 56°13′12″W / 26.94000°S 56.22000°W / -26.94000; -56.22000
Country Paraguay
Department Itapúa
Population (2008)
  Total 4 435

General Artigas is a town in the Itapúa department of Paraguay.

It is named after the Uruguayan national hero, José Gervasio Artigas, who spent his last 30 years exiled in Paraguay (1820-1850).

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