Loma Plata

Loma Plata
City
Loma Plata is located in Paraguay
Loma Plata
Loma Plata
Location in Paraguay
Coordinates: 22°23′0″S 59°50′0″W / 22.38333°S 59.83333°W / -22.38333; -59.83333
Country Paraguay
DepartmentBoquerón
FoundedJune 25, 1927
Government
 • IntendenteErnst Giesbrecht
Elevation
133 m (436 ft)
Population
 (2017[1])
 • Total16,460
Time zoneUTC-4
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3
Postal code
9370
Area code(595)(492)
ClimateBSh

Loma Plata is a city in the district (distrito) of the Department of Boquerón, Paraguay. It is located 407km from Asunción by a paved detour of 22km from the Ruta Transchaco. It is the main town of the Menno Colony, one of the Mennonite colonies of the Paraguayan Chaco.

  1. ^ DGEEC. "Proyección de la población por sexo y edad, según distrito. Revisión 2015" (PDF). pp. 32–37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2015.