Juan de Mena, Paraguay
Juan de Mena | |
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Juan de Mena | |
| Coordinates: 24°50′25″S 56°30′57″W / 24.84028°S 56.51583°W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Cordillera |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 6,341[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (PYT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (PYST) |
Juan de Mena is a district of Cordillera Department in Paraguay. It is named after the Spanish Renaissance poet Juan de Mena, and is located 88 metres above sea level. The district is adjacent to the Arroyos y Esteros district,[2] and is surrounded by the lowlands of the Manduvira, Yhaguy, and Hondo rivers.
Demographics
As of the 2022 census, there were 6,341 people in the district: 3,163 (49.9%) were male and 3,178 (50.1%) were female, with a median age of 28.[1]
Notable people
- Lino Cesar Oviedo, general and politician[3][4]
- Pablo Giménez, footballer[5]
References
- ^ a b "Revista Censo 2022 - Estructura de la población por edad y sexo" [Census 2022 Journal - Population structure by age and sex] (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Paraguay (in Spanish). 2022. pp. 37, 40, 135. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
- ^ "Investigadores analizan cadena de producción de caña de azúcar orgánica" [Researchers analyze organic sugar cane production chain] (in Spanish). Agencia de Información Paraguaya. February 19, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
- ^ "General Lino Oviedo". The Times. March 15, 2013. Archived from the original on June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
- ^ "Lino Oviedo: de héroe a villano a candidato presidencial" [Lino Oviedo: from hero to villain to presidential candidate]. BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). February 3, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
- ^ "Pablo Giménez". BDFA (in Spanish). Retrieved June 20, 2025.