Canindeyú Department

Canindeyú
Department
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Coordinates: 24°1′S 54°20′W / 24.017°S 54.333°WCoordinates: 24°1′S 54°20′W / 24.017°S 54.333°W
Country	Paraguay
Capital	Salto del Guairá
Government
• Governor	Alfonso Noria Duarte (ANR)
Area
• Total	14,667 km^2 (5,663 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	140,551
• Density	9.6/km^2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	AST (UTC-04)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-03)
ISO 3166 code	PY-14
Number of Districts	10

Canindeyú (Spanish pronunciation: [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).

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.

See also

• List of high schools in Canindeyú