Alto Paraná Department
The Alto Paraná department (Spanish: Departamento de Alto Paraná) is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Ciudad del Este.
Alto Paraná | |
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 Skyline of Ciudad del Este | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Alto Paraná, in red, in Paraguay | |
| Coordinates: 25°25′S 54°38′W / 25.417°S 54.633°WCoordinates: 25°25′S 54°38′W / 25.417°S 54.633°W | |
| Country |  Paraguay |
| Region | Oriental |
| Capital | Ciudad del Este |
| Districts | 22 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Justo Zacarías Irún[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,895 km2 (5,751 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Total | 785,747 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Altoparanaense |
| Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
| ISO 3166 code | PY-10 |
| Website | Official website |
Its ISO 3166-2 code is PY-10.
GeographyEdit
The Alto Paraná department is in the central eastern part of the country, in the east of the Oriental region. It has an area of 14,895 km2 (5,751 sq mi), with a population of 785,747 for a Population density of 52.8.[2]
LimitsEdit
- To the north: Canindeyú Department department
- To the south: Itapúa department
- To the east: Brazil and Argentina
- To the west: Caaguazú and Caazapá departments
RiversEdit
The main river in the department is the Paraná river. The Acaray is an important tributary of the Paraná.
ClimateEdit
Ciudad del Este, the capital of the department, has a humid subtropical climate that is mild with no dry season, constantly moist (year-round rainfall). (Köppen climate classification : Cfa).[3]
The average amount of rainfall for the year in the city is 1,694.5 mm (66.7 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is January with 184.1 mm (7.2 in) of rainfall, followed by October with 176 mm (6.9 in).
The month with the least rainfall on average is July with an average of 90.6 mm (3.6 in) and the second is August with 115 mm (4.5 in).
Ciudad del Este is in a warm region; the average temperature for the year is 21.5 °C (71 °F). The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of 26.1 °C (79.0 °F). The coolest month on average is June, with an average temperature of 16.3 °C (61.34 °F).
DistrictsEdit
The department is divided in 22 districts:
| No. | Districts | Area[4] (km²) |
Population[5] (2015) |
Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciudad del Este | 151.04 | 290,912 | 1,926.1 |
| 2 | Doctor Juan León Mallorquín | 254.47 | 21,549 | 84.7 |
| 3 | Doctor Raúl Peña | 632.00 | 8,658 | 13.7 |
| 4 | Domingo Martínez de Irala | 400.40 | 6,175 | 15.4 |
| 5 | Hernandarias | 722.67 | 76,901 | 106.4 |
| 6 | Iruña | 556.15 | 6,058 | 10.9 |
| 7 | Itakyry | 1,991.50 | 35,630 | 17.9 |
| 8 | Juan Emilio O'Leary | 239.60 | 24,400 | 101.8 |
| 9 | Los Cedrales | 409.40 | 10,361 | 25.3 |
| 10 | Mbaracayú | 1,091.59 | 8,893 | 8.1 |
| 11 | Minga Guazú | 483.59 | 79,783 | 165.0 |
| 12 | Minga Porá | 847.59 | 14,526 | 17.1 |
| 13 | Ñacunday | 791.79 | 9,580 | 12.1 |
| 14 | Naranjal | 414.78 | 6,350 | 15.3 |
| 15 | Presidente Franco | 123.10 | 90,292 | 733.5 |
| 16 | San Alberto | 1,058.63 | 12,365 | 11.7 |
| 17 | San Cristóbal | 917.14 | 10,580 | 11.5 |
| 18 | Santa Fe del Paraná | 789.76 | 4,549 | 5.8 |
| 19 | Santa Rita | 593.80 | 29,348 | 49.4 |
| 20 | Santa Rosa del Monday | 593.73 | 7,283 | 12.3 |
| 21 | Tavapy | 436.63 | 8,067 | 18.5 |
| 22 | Yguazú | 803.45 | 11,041 | 13.7 |
Related pagesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "El Gobernador" (in Spanish). Gobernación de Alto Paraná. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Proyección Densidad Tasa 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. Retrieved 27 October. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Ciudad Del Este Climate & Temperature". Climatemps.com. Missing or empty
|url=(help);|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ "Territorio y Población" (zip) (in Spanish). ADEPO - Asociación Paraguaya de Estudios de Población. 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ "Proyección de la población por sexo y edad, según distrito. Revisión 2015 (8.3 MB)" (PDF) (in Spanish). DGEEC. 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
Other websitesEdit
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alto Paraná Department. |
- Gobernación de Alto Paraná website (in Spanish)
- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay