Ciudad del Este
| Ciudad del Este Táva Kuarahyresẽme (Avañe'ẽ) | |
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  Ciudad del Este Location of Ciudad del Este in Paraguay | |
| Coordinates: 25°31′00″S 54°37′00″W / 25.51667°S 54.61667°WCoordinates: 25°31′00″S 54°37′00″W / 25.51667°S 54.61667°W | |
| Country |
 Paraguay |
| Department | Alto Paraná |
| Founded | February 3, 1957 |
| Government | |
| • Intendente Municipal | Sandra Mac Leod de Zacarias |
| Area | |
| • Total | 104 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 320,782 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-04) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-03) |
| Postal code | 7000 |
| Area code(s) | (595) (61) |
| Website | Official website |
Ciudad del Este (Spanish pronunciation: [sjuˈðað ðel ˈeste], Spanish for City of the East) initialed CDE is the second largest city in Paraguay and capital of the Alto Paraná Department, situated on the Rio Paraná. As of 2008 its population was of 320,782. The city consists of a large population of Lebanese immigrants,[1] as well as Taiwanese.[2] Guaraní International Airport, located in neighboring city Minga Guazú, serves Ciudad del Este. The city annually attracts thousands of tourists for Black Friday.[3] On a daily basis, many tourists from Brazil cross the border to enter Ciudad del Este[4] and the city also attracts thousands of worldwide tourists.[5][6] The city is home to Club Atlético 3 de Febrero, counting with the Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi which was used for the 1999 Copa América and is Paraguay's third biggest football stadium.
History
Founded in 1957, it was originally called Puerto Flor de Lis, then until 1989 Puerto Presidente Stroessner, after Alfredo Stroessner. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad del Este.
Geography
The city, coextensive with the homonymous district, is located in south-eastern Paraguay. Part of a "triangle" known as the Triple Frontier, Ciudad del Este lies in front of the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu (state of Paraná). Separated from it by Paraná River, it is linked by the Friendship Bridge. The Argentine border is located between the neighbouring town of Presidente Franco and Puerto Iguazú (Misiones Province). Ciudad del Este, along with the towns and districts of Hernandarias, Minga Guazú and Presidente Franco, forms a metropolitan area named Gran Ciudad del Este (i.e. Greater Ciudad del Este).
Population
The city has a large Asian-born population, specifically Taiwanese, Koreans, Lebanese, and Iranians, evident in the city's mosques and pagodas. The Taiwanese government paid for the construction of the city's town hall in exchange for Paraguayan support in the United Nations, hence the Taiwanese flag that flies on the building. From the 1970s, Sunni Muslim Arabs moved to the city. This changed in the 1980s to Shia Muslim Arabs from South Lebanon.[7]
Economy
CDE was, according to Forbes, the third largest commercial city in the world between 1990 and 2002. The city is the headquarters of the company that operates the nearby Itaipu Dam. The city's economy (and Paraguay's economy as well) relies heavily on the mood of the Brazilian economy, as 95% of Paraguay's share of the energy generated by the Itaipu Dam is sold to Brazil (for US$300 million), and that every day many Brazilians cross the border to buy less expensive products[8] (US$1.2 billion, mostly electronics). Smuggling is a major occupation in the city, with some estimates putting the value of this black market at five times the national economy. Some military and intelligence agencies state that there are terrorist organizations in the area, no evidence of this has been found.[9][10]
Transportation
Guarani International Airport, located in the suburb city of Minga Guazú, connects the city with other South American destinations.
Migration–Diplomatics
Ciudad del Este counts with the following consulates or consulate generals for diplomatic services:
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Argentina – Consulate General: Boquerón c/Adrián Jara - Edificio China 7º piso[11] -
Brazil – Consulate: Calle Pampliega Nr. 205 Esquina con Pai Perez[12] -
France – Honorary Consulate: Paraná Country Club, Hernandarias, Casilla de correo 309, 7000 Ciudad del Este[13] -
Germany – Honorary Consulate: Avenida Paraná 77, Paraná Country Club[14] -
Mexico – Honorary Consulate: Av. Adrian Jara, edif. Banco Unión, 3º piso, Oficina 20[15] -
Peru – Honorary Consulate: Km 4 ½, Monday, B° Bernardino Caballero[16] -
Slovakia – Honorary Consulate: Calle Boquerón 310, Edif. Grupo Monalisa S.A.[17] -
Syria – Honorary Consulate: Avda. 11 de Septiembre 399[18] -
Taiwan – Consulate General: Avda. de Lago s/n Barrio Boquerón CP 131[19] -
Turkey – Honorary Consulate: Av. Monseñor Rodríguez s/n entre Itaybaté y Rubio Ñu, Edificio Mannah 10 Piso A[20]
The city also counts with several departments for legal, identification and migration matters:
- Identifications Department – Ubicated on the street Súper Carretera[21]
- Supreme Court of Justice – The place is also known as the Palace of Justice. Ubicated near the Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi of the Club Atlético 3 de Febrero: Avda. Bernardino Caballero e/ Cerro León[22]
- INTERPOL – The city counts with a regional office of Interpol.[23]
- National Direction of Migration – Ubicated at the boarder with Brazil prior to entering the friendship bridge: Cabecera del Puente de la Amistad, margen derecho (Ruta Internacional Nº 7 - Dr. José Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia)[24]
In media
- Ciudad del Este was featured during a late season 8/early season 9 storyline on the television series JAG in 2003.
- In 2005, it was a filming location for Miami Vice, a film directed by Michael Mann and based on his television series of the same name.
- The Triple Frontier (or here referenced as the Tri-Border Area) was featured as the backdrop for the NCIS Season 2 episode "An Eye for an Eye", as NCIS Special Agents Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) and Caitlin Todd (Sasha Alexander) traveled to this area of southern Paraguay in order to investigate a professor involved in a case in which a pair of blue eyeballs were mailed to a man who then committed suicide. A deleted scene from this episode would later be shown in the Season 8 episode, "A Man Walks into a Bar" as the team remember their dead colleague, Agent Todd.
- The city was also mentioned in Vince Flynn's novel, Extreme Measures. A terrorist uses this city as a training area before staging a somewhat successful operation on the United States
- The city is the setting for the 2014 graphic novel "Cuidad", written by Ande Parks and illustrated by Fernando Leon Gonzalez.
Climate
| Climate data for Ciudad del Este, Paraguay | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.0 (100.4) |
38.8 (101.8) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.0 (95) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.6 (103.3) |
40.2 (104.4) |
40.2 (104.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.7 (89.1) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
27.5 (81.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
22.2 (72) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21.1 (70) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.2 (63) |
13.6 (56.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
11.3 (52.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.1 (68.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
0.0 (32) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
8.2 (46.8) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 184.1 (7.248) |
154.2 (6.071) |
136.1 (5.358) |
140.7 (5.539) |
132.3 (5.209) |
131.9 (5.193) |
90.6 (3.567) |
115.0 (4.528) |
130.2 (5.126) |
176.0 (6.929) |
163.5 (6.437) |
139.9 (5.508) |
1,694.5 (66.713) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 101 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 77 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 77 |
| Source: NOAA[25] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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Downtown Ciudad del Este
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Skyline view and the Friendship Bridge
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Lago de la República
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Crossing Adrian Jara/Boqueron
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City Church
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Friendship bridge with Brazil
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Border of Brazil and Paraguay in Ciudad Del Este
References
- ↑ http://www.sicpy.gov.py/generales/?5220
- ↑ http://www.joc.com/maritime-news/paraguays-ties-taiwan-alive-well_19890402.html
- ↑ http://www.emol.com/noticias/economia/2012/05/10/539856/miles-de-turistas-se-agolpan-en-ciudad-del-este-en-apertura-del-black-friday.html
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/15/world/in-paraguay-border-town-almost-anything-goes.html?sec=&spon=&&scp=3&sq=paraguay%20taiwan&st=cse
- ↑ https://es.globalvoices.org/2010/01/30/paraguay-la-caotica-ciudad-del-este/
- ↑ http://www.atrapalo.cl/vuelos/santiago-ciudad-del-este_scl-agt.html
- ↑ John Tofik Karam, (Un)covering Islam and Its Fifty-Year History in a South American Frontier Region (2011), Florida International University.
- ↑ Schemo, Diana Jean (March 15, 1998). "In Paraguay Border Town, Almost Anything Goes". New York Times.
- ↑ Abbott, Lieutenant Colonel Philip K. (September–October 2004). "Terrorist Threat in the Tri-Border Area: Myth or Reality?". Military Review. U.S. Army.
- ↑ Gato, Pablo; Windrem, Robert (9 May 2007). "Hezbollah builds a Western base.". NBC News.
- ↑ http://ccest.cancilleria.gov.ar/
- ↑ http://www.embaixadas.net/Consulado/21601/Brasil-em-Ciudad-del-Este
- ↑ http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy12960/
- ↑ http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy24357/
- ↑ http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy24356/
- ↑ http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy24371/
- ↑ http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy8001/
- ↑ http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy24374/
- ↑ http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy8871/
- ↑ http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy24378/
- ↑ https://es.foursquare.com/v/departamento-de-identificaciones/4f79b2a2e4b0488e30f8ef5a
- ↑ http://www.pj.gov.py/contenido/111-sexta-circunscripcion-alto-parana/111
- ↑ http://www.ultimahora.com/libanes-doble-identidad-esta-preso-interpol-n409867.html
- ↑ http://www.migraciones.gov.py/datos-de-contactos
- ↑ "Ciudad del Este Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
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