Canindeyú Department

The **Canindeyú department** () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Salto del Guairá. Its ISO 3166-2 code  is **PY-14**.

Its name comes from Tupi ***Kaninde*** - macaw; ***ju*** - yellow, blue-and-yellow macaw (_Ara ararauna_).

## Geography

The Canindeyú department is in the northeast of the _Oriental_ region. It has an area of . , the department has a population of 191,447 ( of the population of the country) for a population density of .

The Amambay and Mbaracayú mountain ranges are in the department and form the limits with Brazil.

### Limits

- To the north: Amambay department.
- To the east: Brazil.
- To the south: Caaguazú and Alto Paraná departments.
- To the west: San Pedro department.

### Climate

, the total amount of precipitation in the city of Salto del Guairá 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 Salto del Guairá was . The warmest month, on average, was February with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of .

## Districts

The department is divided in 13 districts:

|class="unsortable"|No.|Districts|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2015)</small>|Density|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align="left"|Corpus Christi||||
|2|align="left"|Curuguaty||||
|3|align="left"|General Francisco Caballero Álvarez||||
|4|align="left"|Itanará||||
|5|align="left"|Katueté||||
|6|align="left"|La Paloma||||
|7|align="left"|Nueva Esperanza||||
|8|align="left"|Salto del Guairá||||
|9|align="left"|Yasy Cañy||||
|10|align="left"|Yby Pytá||||
|11|align="left"|Ybyrarovaná||||
|12|align="left"|Ypejhú||||
|13|align="left"|Villa Ygatimí||||

## Economy

Farming is the main economic activity in the department. The main crops are soybean, tobacco and maize. Cattle raising is also an important activity.

## Related pages

- Departments of Paraguay
- ISO 3166-2:PY

## Other websites

- Atlas Censal del Paraguay - Canindeyú
- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay
- Secretaria Nacional de Turismo

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Canindeyú
- **other name**: Departamento de Canindeyú
- **type**: Departments of Paraguay, Department
- **image skyline**: Salto del Guaira 20110829 205.jpg
- **image alt**: Salto del Guaira downtown
- **image caption**: Salto del Guaira downtown
- **image flag**: Flag of Canindeyú Department.svg
- **flag alt**: Flag of Canindeyú Department
- **shield size**: 75px
- **image map**: Canindeyu in Paraguay.svg
- **map alt**: Canindeyu in Paraguay
- **map caption**: Location of Canindeyu, in red, in Paraguay
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: _Oriental_
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Salto del Guairá
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 12 (#Districts, See list)
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Alfonso Noria
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 14667
- **population total**: 191447
- **population as of**: 2012
- **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-14