Caazapá Department

The Caazapá department () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Caazapá. Its ISO 3166-2 code  is PY-06.

Its name comes from Guarani ka´aguy jehasapá, that means "beyond the forest".

People from the department are calle Caazapeño (women: Caazapeña).

Geography
The Caazapá department is in the southeast of the Oriental region. It has an area of . , the department has a population of 151,415 ( of the population of the country) for a population density of .

The Caaguazú mountain range crosses the department from east to west and divides the department in two regions: the northwestern region, with flat lands, and southeastern region, with small hills with forests.

The Tebicuary river flows from east to west in the south of the department; it serves as limit with the Itapúa department. The Tebicuary–mí river serves as limit with the Paraguarí department.

The protected areas in the department are the National park Caaguazú, the Golondrina Private Reserve and the Protected Wildlife Area Susu Island.

Limits
 To the north: Guairá and  Caaguazú departments.
 To the east: Alto Paraná department.
 To the south: Itapúa department.
 To the west: Paraguarí and Misiones departments.

Climate
, the total amount of precipitation in the city of Caazapá was . The month with the most precipitation was October with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was August with .

The average temperature for the year 2012 in Caazapá was . The warmest month, on average, was January with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is June, with an average temperature of .

Districts
The department is divided in 11 districts:

+ Districts of the Caazapá departmentNo. Districts Area(km²) Population(2015) Density 1Abaí    2Buena Vista    3Caazapá    4Doctor Moisés S. Bertoni    5Fulgencio Yegros    6General Higinio Morínigo    7Maciel    8San Juan Nepomuceno    9Tavaí    10Yuty    113 de Mayo   

Economy
Farming is the main economic activity in the department. The main crops are cotton and soybean. But cattle raising is the most important activity.

Related pages
 Departments of Paraguay
 ISO 3166-2:PY

References

Other websites

 Gobernación de Caazapá website  
 Statoids - Departments of Paraguay
 Secretaria Nacional de Turismo  

Category:Departments of Paraguay