Colonia Independencia
Colonia Independencia is a town and district|distrito in the Guairá department of Paraguay.
Colonia Independencia | |
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  Colonia Independencia | |
| Coordinates: 25°43′12″S 56°15′0″W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Guairá |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 1 757 |
The town is a tourist attraction because of its German heritage.
Colonia Independencia received large waves of European immigrants during the 1940th and after the war, mainly from Nazi Germany and to a lesser extent from Austria, Switzerland, and Hungary.[1]
References
- ABC Color. "(Colonia) Independencia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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