Borja, Paraguay Borja, Paraguay Borja is a town in the Guairá Department of Paraguay. According to the 2002 Census this district has a total population of 9222 inhabitants. Only 3.2% of the total population lives in the urban area, 298 inhabitants. It is located in the south-western part of the Guairá department. Its urban area is located only 2 km away from the San Salvador urban area. From Asunción you have to follow the National Route 2 until the city of Coronel Oviedo. There taking the detour of the Route 8 you get to the city of Villarrica, capital of the department,
History of Paraguay the French empire of Napoleon III. He fell in love with an Irish woman, Elisa Alicia Lynch, whom he made his lover. "La Lynch", as she became known in Paraguay, was a strong-willed, charming, witty, intelligent woman who became a person of enormous influence. Lynch's Parisian manners soon made her a trendsetter in the Paraguayan capital, and she made enemies as quickly as she made friends. Lynch bore Solano López five sons, although the two never married. She became the largest landowner in Paraguay after Solano López transferred most of Paraguay and portions of Brazil into her name during the