Guairá Department
The Guairá department (Spanish: Departamento de Guairá) is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Villarrica. Its ISO 3166-2 code is PY-04.
Guairá
Departamento de Guairá | |
|---|---|
 Villarrica's church | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Guairá, in red, in Paraguay | |
| Coordinates: 25°45′S 56°26′W / 25.750°S 56.433°W | |
| Country |  Paraguay |
| Region | Oriental |
| Capital | Villarrica |
| Boroughs | 18 (See list) |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Rodolfo Max Friedmann |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,846 km2 (1,485 sq mi) |
| Population (2013)[1] | |
| • Total | 198,532 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Estimated population | |
| Demonym | Guaireño |
| Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
| ISO 3166 code | PY-04 |
Geography
changeThe Guairá department is in the central part of the Oriental region. It has an area of 3,846 km2 (1,485 sq mi), one of the smallest of the Oriental region and of the country, with an estimated population (2013) of 198,532 for a population density of 51.6.[1]
Limits
change- To the north: Caaguazú department.
- To the east: Caaguazú and Caazapá departments.
- To the south: Caazapá department.
- To the west: Paraguarí department.
The highest points of Paraguay are in the Guairá department;[1] these are:
- Tres Kandu, 842 m (2,762 ft) high.
- Capii, 816 m (2,677 ft) high.
- Peró, 815 m (2,674 ft) high.
- Amor, 765 m (2,510 ft) high.
Rivers
changeThe main river in the department is the Tebicuary, a tributary of the Paraguay river. The Tebicuari-mi is an important tributary of the Tebicuari.
Climate
changeAs of 2014[update], the total amount of precipitation in the city of Villarrica was 2,281.8 mm (89.8 in). The month with the most precipitation was April with 453.6 mm (17.9 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was August with 18.4 mm (0.7 in).[2]
The average temperature for the year 2014 in Villarrica was 23 °C (73 °F). The warmest month, on average, was February with an average temperature of 27.8 °C (82.0 °F). The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 17.5 °C (63.5 °F).[2]
Districts
changeThe department is divided in 18 districts:
| No. | Districts | Area< (km²) |
Population[3] (2015) |
Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Villarrica | 331.56 | 69,632 | 210.0 |
| 2 | Borja | 349.21 | 10,155 | 29.1 |
| 3 | Capitán Mauricio José Troche | 170.62 | 10,766 | 63.1 |
| 4 | Coronel Martínez | 112.74 | 6,279 | 55.7 |
| 5 | Doctor Bottrell | 77.71 | 1,674 | 21.5 |
| 6 | Félix Pérez Cardozo | 125.86 | 5,999 | 47.7 |
| 7 | General Eugenio A. Garay | 190.95 | 8,228 | 43.1 |
| 8 | Colonia Independencia | 528.44 | 26,525 | 50.2 |
| 9 | Itapé | 157.51 | 7,745 | 49.2 |
| 10 | Iturbe | 328.96 | 9,335 | 28.4 |
| 11 | José Fassardi | 193.51 | 6,857 | 35.4 |
| 12 | Mbocayaty | 247.89 | 8,373 | 33.8 |
| 13 | Natalicio Talavera | 76.69 | 4,708 | 61.4 |
| 14 | Ñumí | 96.01 | 3,507 | 36.5 |
| 15 | Paso Yobái | 629.06 | 25,798 | 41.0 |
| 16 | San Salvador | 109.95 | 3,068 | 27.9 |
| 17 | Tebicuary | 75.22 | 3,013 | 40.1 |
| 18 | Yataity | 84.93 | 4,673 | 55.0 |
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Compendio Estadístico 2013" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Compendio Estadístico Ambiental del Paraguay 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. January 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ "Proyección de la población por sexo y edad, según distrito. Revisión 2015 (8.3 MB)" (PDF) (in Spanish). DGEEC. 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
Other websites
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- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay