Country Paraguay Time zone AST (UTC-04) Area 14,667 km² ISO 3166 code Paraguay | Capital Salto del Guairá Number of Districts 10 Population 195,336 (2013) | |
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Canindeyú ([kanindeˈʝu]) is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Salto del Guairá. Canindeyú comes from the Guarani words Kaninde - macaw; ju - yellow, blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).
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Map of Canindey%C3%BA Department, Paraguay
Districts
The department is divided in 13 districts:
- Corpus Christi
- Curuguaty
- General Francisco Caballero Alvarez (Puente Kyhá)
- Itanará
- Katueté
- La Paloma
- Nueva Esperanza
- Salto del Guairá
- Villa Ygatimí
- Yasy Cañy
- Ypehú
- Ybyrarobaná
- Yby Pytá
The eastern part of Canindeyu is very green; mostly rolling hills and soy bean farms. A fair portion of the population consists of Brazilian immigrants.
References
Canindeyú Department Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA