 cordillera () is a department in paraguay. the capital is the city of caacupÃ©. == history == during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this area of the country was going through a serious crisis due to population bellicosity of the indians from chaco. the villagers from tobatÃ­ located north of the river pirapo then called, had to migrate south for the continue attacks by mbaye-guaicurÃºes. the residents of altos and atyrÃ¡ created their current settlements in the territory of this department. there were also some settler farmers who were scattered in existing territories arroyos y esteros, 1 de marzo, caraguatay and piribebuy. towards the end of the eighteenth century these small towns were expanding, consolidating the villages located north of the department as arroyos y esteros eusebio ayala (then called town of san roque). once the paraguayan war, began a process of founding of major towns and settlements driven by german immigrants during the government of bernardino caballero. thus, in 1881 saw the
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