Ñeembucú
The Ñeembucú department (Spanish: Departamento de Ñeembucú) is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Pilar. Its ISO 3166-2 code is PY-12.
Ñeembucú
Departamento de Ñeembucú | |
|---|---|
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 Flag | |
 Location of Neembucu, in red, in Paraguay | |
| Coordinates: 26°52′S 58°18′W / 26.867°S 58.300°W | |
| Country |  Paraguay |
| Region | Oriental |
| Capital | Pilar |
| Boroughs | 16 (See list) |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Carlos Silva Medina |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12,147 km2 (4,690 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Total | 84,123 |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Paraguariense |
| Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
| ISO 3166 code | PY-12 |
| Website | Official website |
The department is almost entirely rural, and there are some of the oldest and best-preserved Jesuit ruins, which are located near the town of Humaitá.
Geography
changeThe Ñeembucú department is in the southwest of the Oriental region. It has an area of 12,147 km2 (4,690 sq mi). It is the department with fewest people living in it, with a population of 84,123 for a population density of 6.9.[2]
Limits
change- To the north: Central department.
- To the east: Paraguarí and Misiones departments.
- To the south: Argentina
- To the west: Argentina
Climate
changeAs of 2012[update], the total amount of precipitation for the year 2012 in the city of Pilar was 1,522.1 mm (59.9 in). The month with the most precipitation was February with 284.2 mm (11.2 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was August with 8.0 mm (0.3 in).[3]
The average temperature for the year 2012 in Pilar was 22.1 °C (71.8 °F). The warmest month, on average, was January with an average temperature of 27.5 °C (81.5 °F). The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 15.0 °C (59.0 °F).[3]
Districts
changeThe department is divided in 16 districts:
| No. | Districts | Area[4] (km²) |
Population[5] (2015) |
Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberdi | 110 | 9,034 | 82.1 |
| 2 | Cerrito | 627 | 5,522 | 8.8 |
| 3 | Desmochados | 285 | 1,780 | 6.2 |
| 4 | General José Eduvigis Díaz | 338 | 4,005 | 11.8 |
| 5 | Guazú Cuá | 882 | 2,161 | 2.5 |
| 6 | Humaitá | 321 | 3,095 | 9.6 |
| 7 | Isla Umbú | 485 | 3,007 | 6.2 |
| 8 | Laureles | 856 | 3,512 | 4.1 |
| 9 | Mayor José J. Martinez | 394 | 4,242 | 10.8 |
| 10 | Paso de Patria | 239 | 2,060 | 8.6 |
| 11 | Pilar | 258 | 32,242 | 125.0 |
| 12 | San Juan Bautista del Ñeembucú | 1,329 | 5,833 | 4.4 |
| 13 | Tacuaras | 1,872 | 3,823 | 2.0 |
| 14 | Villa Franca | 1,543 | 1,284 | 0.8 |
| 15 | Villa Oliva | 1,612 | 3,729 | 2.3 |
| 16 | Villalbín | 388 | 2,422 | 6.2 |
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Gobernación" (in Spanish). Gobernación de Ñeembucú. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Proyección Densidad Tasa 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Compendio Estadístico Ambiental del Paraguay 2002-2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. December 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ "Territorio y Población" (zip) (in Spanish). ADEPO - Asociación Paraguaya de Estudios de Población. 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ "Proyección de la población por sexo y edad, según distrito. Revisión 2015 (8.3 MB)" (PDF) (in Spanish). DGEEC. 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
Other websites
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- Gobernación de Ñeembucú website (in Spanish)
- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay
- Secretaria Nacional de Turismo Archived 2015-05-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)