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4 unusual facts about Altos


Altos, Paraguay

Altos is the hometown of the internationally renowned artist Luis Alberto del Paraná.

The second one tells that it was Friar Luis de Bolaños in 1580, with the purpose of being the first “Reducción Guaraní” of Río de la Plata and Paraguay.

Cordillera Department

The residents of Altos and Atyrá created their current settlements in the territory of this department.

San Julián, Jalisco

San Julián is a city and municipality of about 26,000 people in the Altos region of the Mexican state of Jalisco.


Bryolymnia ensina

It occurs in coniferous forests from south-eastern Arizona (Huachuca Mountains) and south-western New Mexico (Pinos Altos Mountains) southward in the Sierra Madre Occidental to the State of Durango in Mexico.

Concert for the Americas

Charles Bluhdorn, whose Gulf+Western owned both the Altos de Chavón and Paramount Pictures, had Paramount record the concert so it could be rebroadcast worldwide.

Fifth C

Prior to that he was an early team member of startups Rambus (Los Altos, CA) and NexGen (San Jose, CA) both of which had successful listings on the Nasdaq.

Jujuy Province

Jujuy is the second largest Argentine producer of iron, used by the Altos Hornos Zapla steel mill.

Olmeca Tequila

The Olmeca distillery is situated in the town of Arandas, Jalisco, the unofficial capital of Los Altos (2104 metres above sea level), taking advantage of the high quality blue agave plants that are grown locally.

Paraguayan architecture

The materials for the construction of the palace came from several places inside the country, stones from the quarries of Emboscada and Altos, woods and odrajes of Ñeembucú and Yaguarón, bricks of Tacumbú, iron pieces molten in Ybycuí, etc.

Pinos Altos, New Mexico

Senator George Hearst invested in several Pinos Altos mines, including the Mina Grande and the Pacific Mine.


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