Alto Paraná Department

The **Alto Paraná department** () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Ciudad del Este.

Its ISO 3166-2 code  is **PY-10**.

## Geography

The Alto Paraná department is in the central eastern part of the country, in the east of the _Oriental_ region. It has an area of , with a population of 785,747 for a Population density of .

### Limits

- To the north: Canindeyú Department department
- To the south: Itapúa department
- To the east: Brazil and Argentina
- To the west: Caaguazú and Caazapá departments

### Rivers

The main river in the department is the Paraná river. The Acaray is an important tributary of the Paraná.

### Climate

Ciudad del Este, the capital of the department, has a humid subtropical climate that is mild with no dry season, constantly moist (year-round rainfall). (Köppen climate classification : **Cfa**).

The average amount of rainfall for the year in the city is . The month with the most precipitation on average is January with  of rainfall, followed by October with .

The month with the least rainfall on average is July with an average of  and the second is August with .

Ciudad del Este is in a warm region; the average temperature for the year is . The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is June, 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|align="left"|Ciudad del Este||||
|2|align="left"|Doctor Juan León Mallorquín||||
|3|align="left"|Doctor Raúl Peña||||
|4|align="left"|Domingo Martínez de Irala||||
|5|align="left"|Hernandarias||||
|6|align="left"|Iruña||||
|7|align="left"|Itakyry||||
|8|align="left"|Juan Emilio O'Leary||||
|9|align="left"|Los Cedrales||||
|10|align="left"|Mbaracayú||||
|11|align="left"|Minga Guazú||||
|12|align="left"|Minga Porá||||
|13|align="left"|Ñacunday||||
|14|align="left"|Naranjal||||
|15|align="left"|Presidente Franco||||
|16|align="left"|San Alberto||||
|17|align="left"|San Cristóbal||||
|18|align="left"|Santa Fe del Paraná||||
|19|align="left"|Santa Rita||||
|20|align="left"|Santa Rosa del Monday||||
|21|align="left"|Tavapy||||
|22|align="left"|Yguazú||||

## Related pages

- Departments of Paraguay
- ISO 3166-2:PY

## Other websites

- Gobernación de Alto Paraná website
- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Alto Paraná
- **type**: Departments of Paraguay, Department
- **image skyline**: Ciudad del Este 20120427 416.jpg
- **image alt**: Buildings in downtown Ciudad del Este.
- **image caption**: Skyline of Ciudad del Este
- **image flag**: Flag of Alto Paraná Department.svg
- **shield size**: 75px
- **image map**: Alto Parana in Paraguay.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Alto Paraná, in red, in Paraguay
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: _Oriental_
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Ciudad del Este
- **parts type**: Districts
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 22
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Justo Zacarías Irún
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 14895
- **population total**: 785747
- **population as of**: 2012
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: Altoparanaense
- **timezone1**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset1**: -04
- **timezone1 dst**: ADT
- **utc offset1 dst**: -03
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:PY, PY-10
- **website**: [http://www.altoparana.gov.py/ Official website]