Coronel Bogado, Capital Nacional de la Chipa

At the junction of Routes PY01 and PY08, Coronel Bogado lives from and for chipa, the cheesy cassava bread beloved across Paraguay. Dozens of chiperías sell, around the clock, the classic version made with cassava starch as well as stuffed versions, baked in a tatakua (traditional clay oven). Besides eating, you can learn: the Chipa'apo experience teaches you how to knead it. The cultural center occupies the old train station, with carriages and locomotives, and the Plazoleta de los Eslavos honors the immigrants who helped build the district.

Formerly called Ka'i Puente ('monkey bridge'), it was founded on 2 May 1913 by decree of President Eduardo Schaerer and is named after Colonel José Félix Bogado, a veteran of the South American wars of independence. It grew alongside the railway and with European settlers, mostly Slavic. In 2017 DINAPI (the national intellectual property office) officially recognized it as the National Capital of Chipa.