Obligado

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Obligado
Obligado
Coordinates: 27°1′48″S 55°37′48″W / 27.03000°S 55.63000°W / -27.03000; -55.63000Coordinates: 27°1′48″S 55°37′48″W / 27.03000°S 55.63000°W / -27.03000; -55.63000
Country	Paraguay
Department	Itapúa
Population (2002)
• Total	11 441

Obligado is a town in the Itapúa department of Paraguay. Commonly known as the Capital City of Cooperativism or Industrial Capital City of Itapúa.

History

The Argentinian Pastor Servando Obligado owned the lands that would later be Obligado. The city was founded on May 25, 1912 by German colonists who bought the ground.

It was upgraded to District in Juny 20, 1955.

Obligado, with Hohenau and Bella Vista, form a productive unit called "Colonias Unidas".

Sources

World Gazeteer: Paraguay – World-Gazetteer.com

v t e Districts in the Itapúa Department

Alto Verá Bella Vista Cambyretá Capitán Meza Capitán Miranda Carlos Antonio López Carmen del Paraná Coronel Bogado Edelira Encarnación Fram General Artigas General Delgado Hohenau Itapúa Poty Jesús La Paz Leandro Oviedo Mayor Otaño Natalio Nueva Alborada Obligado Pirapó San Cosme y Damián San Juan del Paraná San Pedro del Paraná San Rafael del Paraná Tomás Romero Pereira Trinidad Yatytay

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