Cordillera Department

The Cordillera department () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Caacupé. Its ISO 3166-2 code  is PY-03.

Geography
The Cordillera department is in the Oriental region. It has an area of , the largest of the Oriental region, with a population of 282,981 for a population density of .

Limits
 To the north: San Pedro department.
 To the east: Caaguazú department.
 To the south: Paraguarí and Central departments.
 To the west: Presidente Hayes department, separated by the Paraguay river.

Rivers
The main river in the department, and of Paraguay, is the Paraguay that makes the western border of the department.

The main lake is the Ypacaraí.

Districts
The department is divided in 20 districts:

+ Districts of the San Pedro departmentNo. Districts Area(km²) Population(2015) Density 1Altos    2Arroyos y Esteros    3Atyrá    4Caacupé    5Caraguatay    6Emboscada    7Eusebio Ayala    8Isla Pucú    9Itacurubí de la Cordillera    10Juan de Mena    11Loma Grande    12Mbocayaty del Yhaguy    13Nueva Colombia    14Piribebuy    15Primero de Marzo    16San Bernardino    17San José Obrero    18Santa Elena    19Tobatí    20Valenzuela   



Related pages
 Departments of Paraguay
 ISO 3166-2:PY

References

Other websites

 Gobernación de Cordillera website  
 Statoids - Departments of Paraguay

Category:Departments of Paraguay