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:
+ Districts of the Guairá departmentNo. Districts Area<(km²) Population(2015) Density 1Villarrica    2Borja    3Capitán Mauricio José Troche    4Coronel Martínez    5Doctor Bottrell    6Félix Pérez Cardozo    7General Eugenio A. Garay    8Colonia Independencia    9Itapé    10Iturbe    11José Fassardi    12Mbocayaty    13Natalicio Talavera    14Ñumí    15Paso Yobái    16San Salvador    17Tebicuary    18Yataity   
Related pages
 Departments of Paraguay
 ISO 3166-2:PY

References

Other websites

 Statoids - Departments of Paraguay

Category:Departments of Paraguay