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Paraguarí

Departamento de Paraguarí

Flag	Coat of arms

Location of Paraguarí, in red, in Paraguay

Country

Paraguay

Region

Oriental

Capital

Paraguarí

Boroughs

17 (See list)

Area

• Total

8,705 km² (3,361 sq mi)

Population

(2012)

• Total

239,633

• Density

27.5282/km² (71.298/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Paraguariense

Time zone

UTC-04 (AST)

• Summer (DST)

UTC-03 (ADT)

ISO 3166 code

PY-09

The Paraguarí department (Spanish: Departamento de Paraguarí) is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Paraguarí.

History
Geography
- Limits
Districts
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History

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:

Carapeguá (1725)
Quiindy (1733)
Ybycuí (1766)
Pirayú (1769)
Paraguarí (1775), the present capital of the department
Quyquyhó (1776)
Ybytimí and Acahay (1783)
Caapucú (1787)

The department was created in 1935. In 1945, the old department of Quyyndy was made part of Paraguarí.

Geography

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.

Limits

To the north: Cordillera and Caaguazú departments.
To the east: Guairá and Caazapá departments.
To the south: Misiones department.
To the west: Ñeembucú and Central departments.

	Cordillera department	Caaguazú department
Central department		Guairá department
	Paraguarí

Ñeembucú department	Misiones department	Caazapá department

Districts

The department is divided in 17 districts:

Districts of the Paraguarí department
No.	Districts	Area (km²)	Population (2002)	Density
1	Acahay	&&&&&&&&&&&&0322.&&&&&0322	&&&&&&&&&&014863.&&&&&014,863	46.2
2	Caapucú	&&&&&&&&&&&02455.&&&&&02,455	&&&&&&&&&&&07249.&&&&&07,249	3.0
3	Carapeguá	&&&&&&&&&&&&0462.&&&&&0462	&&&&&&&&&&030758.&&&&&030,758	66.6
4	Escobar	&&&&&&&&&&&&0278.&&&&&0278	&&&&&&&&&&&07935.&&&&&07,935	28.5
5	General Bernardino Caballero	&&&&&&&&&&&&0245.&&&&&0245	&&&&&&&&&&&06449.&&&&&06,449	26.3
6	La Colmena	&&&&&&&&&&&&&099.&&&&&099	&&&&&&&&&&&05234.&&&&&05,234	52.9
7	Mbuyapey	&&&&&&&&&&&&0898.&&&&&0898	&&&&&&&&&&013035.&&&&&013,035	14.5
8	Paraguarí	&&&&&&&&&&&&0462.&&&&&0462	&&&&&&&&&&022154.&&&&&022,154	48.0
9	Pirayú	&&&&&&&&&&&&0174.&&&&&0174	&&&&&&&&&&015003.&&&&&015,003	86.2
10	Quiindy	&&&&&&&&&&&&0669.&&&&&0669	&&&&&&&&&&018431.&&&&&018,431	27.6
11	Quyquyhó	&&&&&&&&&&&&0582.&&&&&0582	&&&&&&&&&&&06865.&&&&&06,865	11.8
12	San Roque González de Santa Cruz	&&&&&&&&&&&&0239.&&&&&0239	&&&&&&&&&&010641.&&&&&010,641	44.5
13	Sapucai	&&&&&&&&&&&&0209.&&&&&0209	&&&&&&&&&&&06010.&&&&&06,010	28.8
14	Tebicuary-mí	&&&&&&&&&&&&0136.&&&&&0136	&&&&&&&&&&&03804.&&&&&03,804	28.0
15	Yaguarón	&&&&&&&&&&&&0232.&&&&&0232	&&&&&&&&&&025984.&&&&&025,984	112.0
16	Ybycuí	&&&&&&&&&&&&0827.&&&&&0827	&&&&&&&&&&020887.&&&&&020,887	25.3
17	Ybytymí	&&&&&&&&&&&&0389.&&&&&0389	&&&&&&&&&&&06630.&&&&&06,630	17.0