Areguá

Areguá
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Areguá
Coordinates: 25°17′43″S 57°24′53″W / 25.29528°S 57.41472°W / -25.29528; -57.41472
Kintra	Paraguay
Depairtment	Central
Foondit	1538
Govrenment
• Intendente Municipal	Luis A. Meredes Villalba Jara
Area
• Total	122 km2 (47 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Total	67,487
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-04 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-03 (ADT)
Postal code	2680
Area code(s)	(595) (291)

Areguá is a ceety in Paraguay; anerlie 28 km awa frae the kintra's caipital o Asunción. It is the caipital o the depairtment o Central. Probably the best faitur o this Paraguayan toun is its geographical location; it lays atween a group o rollin hills wi a distinctive rock formation (foond anerlie in 3 places in the warld) an a bonnie blue loch, Ypacaraí loch.^[1]

The topografie o the surroondins gies this toun a unique natural chairm, and it has colonial airchitectur, lairgely preservit, alang wi its oreeginal cobble stane streets. There are large mansions, which ar laid oot as surroondin corridors enclosin a central plaza (uisually a bonnie flouered garden).^{[citation needit]}

It is kent as the "ceety o strawberries" an aw, acause o the lairge production o strawberries, the best in Paraguay.^[2] The ceety o Areguá is hame tae skilled artisans who showcase their works in expos, throuoot the year an it also his the Heestory Museum o Crafts. It his mony airt galleries exhibitin antiques an wirks o airt frae the last century an aw.^[3]

Areguá wis gi'en the UNESCO Creative Ceety title in 2019.^[4]