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Canindeyú Department

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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).

Contents

Map of Canindey%C3%BA Department, Paraguay

Districts

The department is divided in 13 districts:

  1. Corpus Christi
  2. Curuguaty
  3. General Francisco Caballero Alvarez (Puente Kyhá)
  4. Itanará
  5. Katueté
  6. La Paloma
  7. Nueva Esperanza
  8. Salto del Guairá
  9. Villa Ygatimí
  10. Yasy Cañy
  11. Ypehú
  12. Ybyrarobaná
  13. 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
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