History
For a long time, the land was occupied by the natives of the region and suffered the attacks of the Bandeirantes that were looking for the Guaraníes, who were able to find refuge in the jungle of the area.
Once finished the Paraguayan War, the great extension of land passed to the hands of foreign business men that dedicated to the exploit of yerba and wood.
Pedro Juan Caballero was found in 1893, and Bella Vista, in 1902. The department Amambay, as such, was created in 1945 as the No. 10 department of the country. After some limit reorganization was declared as the No. 13 department, with the limits and surface that has nowadays.
The population in the area was consolidated with the establishment of rural colonies dedicated to the agriculture and livestock industry.
Pedro Juan Caballero, the capital of the department, is still known by its old name, Punta Porá, used by the traveling merchants that transported yerba from Mato Grosso to Concepción.
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