Caaguazú Department

**Caaguazú** () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Coronel Oviedo. Its ISO 3166-2 code  is **PY-05**.

## History

In 1712, Gregorio Bazán de Pedraza founded the town of Villa de San Isidro Labrador de Curuguaty, followed by Ybytimí in 1715, San Joaquín in 1746, and Carayaó in 1770.

The department was created in 1906 with the name of _Yhú_; the town of Yhú was named as the capital of the department. Other towns were Ajos (present day Coronel Oviedo), Carayaó, San Joaquín and Caaguazú. Upon territorial reorganization in 1945, it was given the name of Caaguazú.

Its present limits were defined in 1973.

## Geography

The Caaguazú department is in middle of the _Oriental_ region. It has an area of ,  of the area of Paraguay. Its estimated population in 2013 is 484,177 for a population density of  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

The _Caaguazú mountain range_ crosses the department from the north to the south. The main river in the department, and of Paraguay, is the Paraguay.

### Limits

- To the north: San Pedro and Canindeyú departments.
- To the east: Alto Paraná department.
- To the south: Guairá and Caazapá departments.
- To the west: Cordillera and Paraguarí departments.

### Climate

, the total amount of precipitation for the year 2012 in the city of Coronel Oviedo was . The month with the most precipitation was April with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was August with .

The average temperature for the year 2012 in Coronel Oviedo was . The warmest month, on average, was December with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of .

## Districts

The department is divided in 22 districts:

|class="unsortable"|No.|Districts|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2015)</small>|Density|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Caaguazú|||||
|2|Carayaó|||||
|3|Coronel Oviedo|||||
|4|Doctor Cecilio Báez|||||
|5|Doctor Juan Eulogio Estigarribia|||||
|6|Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos|||||
|7|José Domingo Ocampos|||||
|8|La Pastora|||||
|9|Mariscal Francisco Solano López|||||
|10|Nueva Londres|||||
|11|Nueva Toledo|||||
|12|Raúl Arsenio Oviedo|||||
|13|Repatriación|||||
|14|R. I. Tres Corrales|||||
|15|San Joaquín|||||
|16|San José de los Arroyos|||||
|17|Santa Rosa del Mbutuy|||||
|18|Simón Bolívar|||||
|19|Tembiaporá|||||
|20|Tres de Febrero|||||
|21|Vaquería|||||
|22|Yhú|||||

## Related pages

- Departments of Paraguay
- ISO 3166-2:PY

## Other websites

- Portal de Caaguazú
- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Caaguazú
- **other name**: Departamento de Caaguazú
- **native name lang**: es
- **type**: Departments of Paraguay, Department
- **image skyline**: Muni C Ov.jpg
- **image alt**: Coronel Oviedo town hall
- **image caption**: Coronel Oviedo City and town halls, town hall
- **image flag**: Flag of Caaguazú Department.svg
- **flag alt**: Flag of Caaguazú department
- **image shield**: Escudo Gobernacion caaguazu.jpg
- **shield size**: 75px
- **shield alt**: Coat of arms of Caaguazú department
- **image map**: Caaguazu in Paraguay.svg
- **map alt**: Caaguazú in Paraguay
- **map caption**: Location of Caaguazú, in red, in Paraguay
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: _Oriental_
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Coronel Oviedo
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 22 (#Districts, See list)
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Mario Alberto Varela
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 11474
- **population total**: 484177
- **population as of**: 2013
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset1**: -04
- **timezone1 dst**: ADT
- **utc offset1 dst**: -03
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:PY, PY-05