Yaguarón (town) 2362963 220897073 2008-06-22T03:18:58Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes {{Merge|Yaguarón (Paraguay)|date=June 2008}} {{Infobox Settlement |official_name = Yaguarón |native_name = |pushpin_map =Paraguay |mapsize =200px |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Paraguay]] |subdivision_type1 = Department |subdivision_name1 = [[Paraguarí]] |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2008 |population_total =8,076 |population_density_km2 = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |latd=25 |latm=34 |lats=12 |latNS=S |longd=57|longm= 16|longs=48 |longEW=W |elevation_m = |area_code = |website = }} '''Yaguarón''' is a city in [[Paraguay]], located in the [[Yaguarón District]] of [[Paraguarí Department]], 48 kilometers from [[Asunción]]. The town began as a [[Franciscan]] reservation for the [[Guaraní Indians]]. It contains a famous and visually stunning church, the building of which, led by Fray [[Alonso de Buenaventura]], started in [[1640]] and took 60 years to complete. Yaguarón is also notable as the birthplace of [[José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia]], dictator of Paraguay [[1814]]–[[1840]], whose strong [[authoritarianism]] earned him the name ''El Supremo.'' His house is now a museum – located only 100 or so meters from the church. == Sources == *[http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-179&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazeteer: Paraguay] – World-Gazetteer.com {{Paraguay-stub}} [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Paraguay]] [[es:Yaguarón (Paraguay)]] [[ro:Yaguarón]]