Fuerte Olimpo

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Fuerte Olimpo
City
Aerial view of the city
Fuerte Olimpo
Coordinates: 21°2′15″S 57°52′15″W / 21.03750°S 57.87083°W / -21.03750; -57.87083
Country	Paraguay
Department	Alto Paraguay
Founded	September 25, 1792
Government
• Intendente municipal	Diego Ricardo Gallagher Villamayor
Elevation	64 m (210 ft)
Population
• Total	4,498
Time zone	-4 Gmt
Postal code	9000
Climate	Aw

Fuerte Olimpo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfweɾte oˈlimpo]) is a city in Paraguay. It is the capital of the department of Alto Paraguay. Straddling the river Paraguay which forms the border with Brazil, Fuerte Olimpo is Paraguay's northernmost departmental capital, located over 830 km (515 mi) north of the capital Asunción. It was originally called Fuerte Borbón. The city is also known as “la puerta de entrada al Pantanal”, or entrance to the Pantanal region.

Fuerte Olimpo is on east of Chaco Boreal on east shore of Paraguay River near the mouth of Blanco River, to the north the moist ground called humedales from the Gran Pantanal. Fuerte Olimpo is far away from the flood area. The city is surrounded by a wall 4 km long.