San Alberto, Paraguay San Alberto, Paraguay San Alberto is a city in the Alto Paraná department of Paraguay. It is one of the districts of Northern Alto Paraná and is located about 439 km. from the capital Asunción. San Alberto has seen a rapid development and today is the main city in Northern Alto Paraná. The city was founded by Alberto Fernández Valenzuela, a captain of the Paraguayan navy, who was president of the Empresa Colonizadora Industrial Mbaracayu S.A., initially was known as Gleba 6 and belonged to the district of Hernandarias. The inhabitants are mostly of Brazilian origin. Agriculture is the main
Geology of Paraguay Geology of Paraguay The country of Paraguay lies geologically at the borderzone between several cratons. Due to thick Cenozoic sediment cover and regolith development few outcrops are available in Paraguay. East of Paraguay River that Precambrian and Early Paleozoic crystalline basement crop out mainly in the heights of Caapucú and Apa. The geological processes that have shaped Paraguay's bedrock and sedimentary basins are diverse including rifting, marine sedimentation, metamorphism, eruption of flood basalts and alkaline potassic volcanism. Caapucú High (formerly called "Precámbrico Sur" and "Saliente del Pilar") is the Northwesternmost outcrop of Río de la Plata Craton. The rocks found