Place:Boquerón, Paraguay

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NameBoquerón
Alt namesBoquerónsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeDepartment
Coordinates21.5°S 60°W
Located inParaguay     (1944 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Doctor Pedro P. Peña
Filadelfia
Loma Plata
Mariscal Estigarribia
Teniente Primero Anselmo Escobar
Unknown
Fernheim
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Boquerón is a department in the western region of Paraguay. It is the country's largest department, with an area of , but, according to the statistics for 2021 by INE, its population is only 68,080, being the second least populated department. The department includes the Russian Mennonite colonies of Fernheim, Menno and its administrative center Loma Plata and Neuland. The capital is Filadelfia. Other towns are General Eugenio A. Garay, Doctor Pedro P. Peña and Mariscal Estigarribia.

In 1945 Boquerón was split, with the northern portion separated off being renamed "Chaco". The reduced remaining area continued to be called "Boquerón", and the department's capital was moved to Filadelfia (the previous capital had been Doctor Pedro P. Peña). However, in 1992 the previous department Chaco was re-integrated into Boquerón, effectively re-forming the department as of 1945 when it was split, except that after 1992 the enlarged department's capital remained at Filadelfia.

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