Paraguarí Department

Paraguarí
Department
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Coordinates: 25°38′S 57°9′W / 25.633°S 57.150°W / -25.633; -57.150
CountryParaguay
CapitalParaguarí
Government
 • GovernorNorma Zárate de Monges (ANR)
Area
 • Total
8,705 km2 (3,361 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census)[1]
 • Total
200,472
 • Density23.03/km2 (59.65/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-04 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-03 (ADT)
ISO 3166 codePY-9
Number of Districts17

Paraguarí (Spanish pronunciation: [pa.ɾa.ɣwaˈɾi]; Guaraní: Paraguari) is a departament in Paraguay. At the 2002 census it had a population of 221,932.[2] The capital is the city of Paraguarí.

Districts

The department is divided into 17 districts:

  1. Acahay
  2. Caapucú
  3. Carapeguá
  4. Escobar
  5. General Bernardino Caballero
  6. La Colmena
  7. Mbuyapey
  8. Paraguarí
  9. Pirayú
  10. Quiíndy
  11. Quyquyhó
  12. San Roque González de Santa Cruz
  13. Sapucaí
  14. Tebicuary-mí
  15. Yaguarón
  16. Ybycuí
  17. Ybytimí

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paraguay: Departamentos & Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
  2. ^ Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos : Censos 2002 : Listas de Áreas de Variables de Personas : Departamentos Retrieved 8 March 2010

Further reading

  • Geography of Paraguay - Editorial Hispanic Paraguay SRL-1a. Edition 1999 - Asunción
  • Geography of Paraguay Illustrated - ISBN 99925-68-04-6 - Distributed Arami SRL
  • The Magic of our land. Alliance Foundation. Asunción. 2007.
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