Lambaré

Lambaré is a ceety in Central Depairtment, Paraguay, pairt o the Gran Asunción metropolitan aurie. Wi a population o approx. 140.000 inhabitants, it is the saxt maist populous ceety in the kintra.

History
Lambaré wis foondit bi Carlos Murphy in 1766. Efter the unthirldom o Paraguay, its creation wis formalisit bi Law No. 791, o 5 Juin 1962. The decree o the formation o the new municipality wis signed bi the govrenment o Alfredo Stroessner. The first preses o the Municipal Cooncil wis Mariano Escauriza.

Toponymy
The name o the toun derive frae the Guarani leid Ambaré, "the laund o shadaes". The fowk wur kent as avambaré, ceetizens o El Ambaré.

Population

It is pairt o the ten destricts that mak up the conurbation o Greater Asunción. The growthe o the caipital, favored the development o the population o this ceety, today Lambaré is the saxt maist populous ceety in Paraguay.
Accordin tae the 2002 census conductit bi the General Directorate o Statistics, Surveys an Censuses Lambaré ceety haed approx. 140,000 inhabitants.

 Sources 
World Gazeteer: Paraguay – World-Gazetteer.com																

Category:Populatit places in the Central Depairtment
Category:Populatit places established in 1766
Category:Asunción