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The Paraguarí department (Spanish: Departamento de Paraguarí) is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Paraguarí. Its ISO 3166-2 code is PY-09.
Paraguarí
Departamento de Paraguarí | |
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![]() Hills around Paraguarí | |
![]() Location of Paraguarí, in red, in Paraguay | |
Coordinates: 25°38′S 57°9′W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Oriental |
Capital | Paraguarí |
Boroughs | 17 (See list) |
Government | |
• Governor | Miguel Jorge Cuevas[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 8,705 km2 (3,361 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Total | 239,633 |
• Density | 28/km2 (71/sq mi) |
Demonym | Paraguariense |
Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
ISO 3166 code | PY-09 |
Website | Official website |
The territory of this department is in a valley formerly called "Yarigua'a" that was part of the mission of Jesuit priests during the colonization.
At the end of the 16th century, the Franciscan missionaries founded the city of Yaguarón with Guarani people. More towns were founded on which today form part of this department:
The department was created in 1935. In 1945, the old department of Quyyndy was made part of Paraguarí.
The Paraguarí department is in the southwest of the Oriental region. It is one of the smallest of the departments of Paraguay, with an area of 8,705 km2 (3,361 sq mi). It has a population of 239,633 for a population density of 27.5.[2]
The department is divided in 17 districts:
No. | Districts | Area[3] (km²) |
Population[4] (2002) |
Density |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Acahay | 322 | 14,863 | 46.2 |
2 | Caapucú | 2,455 | 7,249 | 3.0 |
3 | Carapeguá | 462 | 30,758 | 66.6 |
4 | Escobar | 278 | 7,935 | 28.5 |
5 | General Bernardino Caballero | 245 | 6,449 | 26.3 |
6 | La Colmena | 99 | 5,234 | 52.9 |
7 | Mbuyapey | 898 | 13,035 | 14.5 |
8 | Paraguarí | 462 | 22,154 | 48.0 |
9 | Pirayú | 174 | 15,003 | 86.2 |
10 | Quiindy | 669 | 18,431 | 27.6 |
11 | Quyquyhó | 582 | 6,865 | 11.8 |
12 | San Roque González de Santa Cruz | 239 | 10,641 | 44.5 |
13 | Sapucai | 209 | 6,010 | 28.8 |
14 | Tebicuary-mí | 136 | 3,804 | 28.0 |
15 | Yaguarón | 232 | 25,984 | 112.0 |
16 | Ybycuí | 827 | 20,887 | 25.3 |
17 | Ybytymí | 389 | 6,630 | 17.0 |
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