Ciudad del Este

Ciudad del Este (Spainyie for Ceety o the East) is the seicont lairgest ceety in Paraguay an caipital o Alto Paraná Depairtment, locatit at the Rio Paraná.

Foondit in 1957, it wis oreeginally cawed Puerto Flor de Lis (Port Fleurdelis), then till 1989 Puerto Presidente Stroessner (Port Preses Stroessner), efter Alfredo Stroessner. It is pairt o a triangle kent as the Triple Frontera (Triple border), or Tríplice Fronteira in Portuguese. It is linked tae the Brazilian ceety o Foz do Iguaçu bi the Friendship Bridge; Puente de la Amistad in Spainyie, Ponte da Amizade in Portuguese.  The ceety is the seat o the Roman Catholic Diocese o Ciudad del Este.
Population
Sizeable Immigrant Population
The ceety haes a lairge Asian-born population, specifically Taiwanese, Koreans, Arabs an Iranians, evident in the ceety's mosque an pagodas. The Taiwanese govrenment peyed for the construction o the ceety's toun hall in exchange for Paraguayan support in the Unitit Naitions, hence the Taiwanese banner that flies on the buildin.

Economy
Ciudad del Este generates aboot 60% o Paraguay's GDP. It is the third lairgest free-tax commerce zone in the warld, efter Miami an Hong Kong, an — thegither wi Foz do Iguaçu — it is the heidquarters o the company that operates the nearbi Itaipu dam. The ceety's economy (an Paraguay's economy as well) relies heavily on the mood o the Brazilian economy, as 95% o Paraguay's share o the energy generatit bi the Itaipu Dam is sauld tae Brazil (for US$300 million), an that ivery day mony Brazilians cross the mairch tae buy less-expensive productsIn Paraguay Border Town, Almost Anything Goes
By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO,  March 15, 1998] (US$1.2 billion, makstly electronics). Smugglin is a major occupation in the ceety, wi some estimates puttin the value o this black mercat at five times the naitional economy.  Indeed, evidence indicates that some o the revenue generatit bi smugglin mey support criminal organisations based ootside the region, includin terrorist organisations.

Transportation
Guarani Internaitional Airport, locatit in the suburb ceety o Minga Guazú, connects the ceety wi ither Sooth American destinations.

References

External links
  Current photos o the ceety in the Skyscrapercity Forum 
 Ciudad del Este 
  Municipalidad de Ciudad del Este
 Images o the ceety
  Ciudad del Este 
 ABC Color 
  SENATUR 
  CiudaddelEste.com.py 

Category:Populatit places in Paraguay
Category:Brazil–Paraguay border crossins