Colonia Independencia

Colonia Independencia
Colonia Independencia
	Colonia Independencia
	Coordinates: 25°43′12″S 56°15′0″W / 25.72000°S 56.25000°WCoordinates: 25°43′12″S 56°15′0″W / 25.72000°S 56.25000°W
Country	Paraguay
Department	Guairá
Population (2008)
• Total	1 757

Colonia Independencia is a town and distrito in the Guairá department of Paraguay.

The town is a tourist attraction because of its German heritage.

Colonia Independencia received large waves of European immigrants, mainly from Germany and to a lesser extent from Austria, Switzerland, and Hungary.^[1]

References

↑ ABC Color. "(Colonia) Independencia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2015.

Sources

World Gazeteer: Paraguay – World-Gazetteer.com

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[1] ABC Color. "(Colonia) Independencia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2015.