Yaguarón (town)

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subdivision_name = Paraguay
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subdivision_name1 = Paraguarí
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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