Guairá Department

The **Guairá department** () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Villarrica. Its ISO 3166-2 code  is **PY-04**.

## Geography

The Guairá department is in the central part of the _Oriental_ region. It has an area of , one of the smallest of the _Oriental_ region and of the country, with an estimated population (2013) of 198,532 for a population density of .

### Limits

- To the north: Caaguazú department.
- To the east: Caaguazú and Caazapá departments.
- To the south: Caazapá department.
- To the west: Paraguarí department.

The highest points of Paraguay are in the Guairá department; these are:
- Tres Kandu,  high.
- Capii,  high.
- Peró,  high.
- Amor,  high.

### Rivers

The main river in the department is the _Tebicuary_, a tributary of the Paraguay river. The _Tebicuari-mi_ is an important tributary of the Tebicuari.

### Climate

, the total amount of precipitation in the city of Villarrica 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 2014 in Villarrica 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 18 districts:
|class="unsortable"|No.|Districts|Area< <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2015)</small>|Density|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align="left"|Villarrica||||
|2|align="left"|Borja||||
|3|align="left"|Capitán Mauricio José Troche||||
|4|align="left"|Coronel Martínez||||
|5|align="left"|Doctor Bottrell||||
|6|align="left"|Félix Pérez Cardozo||||
|7|align="left"|General Eugenio A. Garay||||
|8|align="left"|Colonia Independencia||||
|9|align="left"|Itapé||||
|10|align="left"|Iturbe||||
|11|align="left"|José Fassardi||||
|12|align="left"|Mbocayaty||||
|13|align="left"|Natalicio Talavera||||
|14|align="left"|Ñumí||||
|15|align="left"|Paso Yobái||||
|16|align="left"|San Salvador||||
|17|align="left"|Tebicuary||||
|18|align="left"|Yataity||||

## Related pages

- Departments of Paraguay
- ISO 3166-2:PY

## Other websites

- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Guairá
- **other name**: Departamento de Guairá
- **type**: Departments of Paraguay, Department
- **image skyline**: Paraguay church.jpg
- **image alt**: Villarrica's church
- **image caption**: Villarrica's church
- **image flag**: Flag of Guairá Department.svg
- **flag alt**: Flag of Guairá department
- **image shield**: Guairaescudo.jpg
- **shield size**: 75px
- **shield alt**: Coat of arms of Guairá department
- **image map**: Guaira in Paraguay.svg
- **map alt**: Guairá in Paraguay
- **map caption**: Location of Guairá, in red, in Paraguay
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: _Oriental_
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Villarrica, Paraguay, Villarrica
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 18 (#Districts, See list)
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Rodolfo Max Friedmann
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 3846
- **population total**: 198532
- **population as of**: 2013
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: Guaireño
- **population note**: Estimated population
- **timezone1**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset1**: -04
- **timezone1 dst**: ADT
- **utc offset1 dst**: -03
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:PY, PY-04