Canindeyú Department

The Canindeyú department () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Salto del Guairá. Its ISO 3166-2 code  is PY-14.

Its name comes from Tupi Kaninde - macaw; ju - yellow, blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).

Geography
The Canindeyú department is in the northeast of the Oriental region. It has an area of . , the department has a population of 191,447 ( of the population of the country) for a population density of .

The Amambay and Mbaracayú mountain ranges are in the department and form the limits with Brazil.

Limits
 To the north: Amambay department.
 To the east: Brazil.
 To the south: Caaguazú and Alto Paraná departments.
 To the west: San Pedro department.

Climate
, the total amount of precipitation in the city of Salto del Guairá 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 2012 in Salto del Guairá 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 13 districts:

+ Districts of the Canindeyú departmentNo. Districts Area(km²) Population(2015) Density 1Corpus Christi    2Curuguaty    3General Francisco Caballero Álvarez    4Itanará    5Katueté    6La Paloma    7Nueva Esperanza    8Salto del Guairá    9Yasy Cañy    10Yby Pytá    11Ybyrarovaná    12Ypejhú    13Villa Ygatimí   

Economy
Farming is the main economic activity in the department. The main crops are soybean, tobacco and maize. Cattle raising is also an important activity.

Related pages
 Departments of Paraguay
 ISO 3166-2:PY

References

Other websites

 Atlas Censal del Paraguay - Canindeyú 
 Statoids - Departments of Paraguay
 Secretaria Nacional de Turismo  

Category:Departments of Paraguay