Itá, Paraguay

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name = Itá
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established_date = 1539 by Domingo Martínez de Irala
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Itá is a city located along the 35th kilometer of Ruta 1 in the central department of Paraguay. Here, one of the most beautiful handicrafts in the country is made: ceramic pottery and crocheted hammocks, some of whose admirable artists have been recognized with important international awards.

Itá was a city of Paraguay, Central Department, located 37 km from Asunción.

Etimology

Its name means "stone" in the sweet Guarani, also known as the "Capital of Ceramics". According to other derives from the landscape that is love of the hills in the background that every ston

Weather

The maximum temperature in summer reaches 40 ° C, at times, this is outdated. The minimum in winter is 0 ° C. The average in the central department is 22 ° C. It is located in one of the departments in which rainfall is most abundant from January to April and scarcer from June to August.

Demography

Itá has a total of 81,084 inhabitants, of whom 40,708 were males and 40,377 females, according to projections from the Directorate General of Statistics, Census and Surveys.

History

Founded in 1539 Governor Domingo Martinez de Irala, a town inhabited by natural Guarani. It is a district since 1884. Itá begins with a mestizo population with customs and traditions, turning with the passage of time very original, which were gradually lost, not to be disseminated or lack of knowledge, why are not valued or transmitted to its fair measure .

Itá is known and regarded as the city's "pitcher and honey" because in times of reducing the Franciscan Friar Thomas Aquinas was dedicated to teaching women instead of a new way of livelihood which was preparing of the vessels that gave the name of pitcher made of mud, seeing that mud abounded at the scene but could sell and get gain, plus it was a very useful and it would be nice to keep the flavor and freshness of mineral water.

The production of honey cane emerges from the first settlers, is this picturesque city and also involved the cultivation since the land was suitable for growing sugarcane. Displaying the properties they had sought ways to make it a food fresh, nutritious and above all natural. The city of Itá besides being identified by these 2 reasons, it is also known for its unmatched beauty and craftsmanship, besides having plenty of figures representing both nationally and internationally.

History of the Itá Lagoon

According to some residents of the city of Itá, which in wartime large armies that passed through that place an elderly woman who lived in the interior of his house had a well, the soldiers called thirsty to drink water and the old woman refused to give not only them but everyone who asked to drink and then fell into a flood, which flooded the entire house until they formed a lagoon. There is another story relates that within that gap is a bell buried gold, so that the invaders of wartime not carry as a trophy of war.

Communities

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Itá Neighborhoods

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Economy

Residents of Itá engaged in agriculture and pottery, and lately also to trade the adventure tourism (in the company Arruaí) in addition to the very peculiar characteristics are the use of black pottery.

Transportation

Itá is far 37 kilometers from Asuncion, on Route I Mariscal Francisco Solano López, another route is widely used to reach the so-called "Southern Access".

From Itá, for a detour of Route you can reach Itauguá already Guarambaré.

Tourism

The city is one of the most significant reductions Franciscan. The people of Itá retain this feature in their habits: development of handicrafts in manufacture of ceramics and baskets. Visit and tour of the market, tourism gastronomic seafood meal on the market only in the country for its flavor and characteristics.

In San Blas Craft Center located on Route I, in the city centre, is the permanent exhibition of pottery, ceramics Guarani-Hispanic, pitchers, blankets and other excellent work.

Residents also engaged in the manufacture of beautiful cloth dolls.

The lagoon Itá, "Acosta Ñú Martyrs " which has never dried, is a very peculiar place.

In the Cerro Arrúa'i cave is a mysterious and beautiful resorts on the Arroyo Paranambú.

In addition, the Church of San Blas is a Franciscan church dating from 1698, considered historical relic.You can make adventure tourism (Hunting, Fishing, safari photos, centered, the path of former Mariscal Lopez) in the company Arruai camps and stays in place.

Notable people

* The potter, Rosa Brítez, declared, for their wonderful work, "Potter of América."
* The great ceramists Juana and Julia Isidrez, creditor Prize Dutch "Prince Klaus" by their works.
* Marciana Rojas
* Gregoria Benítez
* Estanislao Agüero
* Celso Felipe Benítez
* Mercedes Servín
* Fredy Fretes
* Familia JiménezAll from Itá.

* Professor Celso Bazán with the conservatory Herminio Gimenez.

Personality

* Jorge Guasch (b.1961)

References

* Illustrated Geography of Paraguay, SRL Distributed Arami, 2007. ISBN 99925-68-04-6
* Geography of Paraguay, First Edition 1999, Publisher Hispanic Paraguay SRL.
* EVP - Wikipedia
* [http://www.evp.edu.py/index.php?title=Portada Enciclopedia Virtual Paraguaya - Portal]

External links

* [http://www.senatur.gov.py/ National Secretary of Tourism]
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PA/6/Ita.html Coord. geographical and satellite imagery Itá""]