Paraguarí Department

The Paraguarí department () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Paraguarí. Its ISO 3166-2 code  is PY-09.

History
The territory of this department is in a valley formerly called "Yarigua'a" that was part of the mission of Jesuit priests during the colonization.

At the end of the 16th century, the Franciscan missionaries founded the city of Yaguarón with Guarani people. More towns were founded on which today form part of this department:
 Carapeguá (1725)
 Quiindy (1733)
 Ybycuí (1766)
 Pirayú (1769)
 Paraguarí (1775), the present capital of the department
 Quyquyhó (1776)
 Ybytimí and Acahay (1783)
 Caapucú (1787)

The department was created in 1935. In 1945, the old department of Quyyndy was made part of Paraguarí.

Geography
The Paraguarí department is in the southwest of the Oriental region. It is one of the smallest of the departments of Paraguay, with an area of . It has a population of 239,633 for a population density of .

Limits
 To the north: Cordillera and Caaguazú departments.
 To the east: Guairá and Caazapá departments.
 To the south: Misiones department.
 To the west: Ñeembucú and Central departments.

Districts
The department is divided in 17 districts:

+ Districts of the Paraguarí departmentNo. Districts Area(km²) Population(2002) Density 1Acahay    2Caapucú    3Carapeguá    4Escobar    5General Bernardino Caballero    6La Colmena    7Mbuyapey    8Paraguarí     9Pirayú    10Quiindy    11Quyquyhó    12San Roque González de Santa Cruz    13Sapucai    14Tebicuary-mí    15Yaguarón    16Ybycuí    17Ybytymí   



Related pages
 Departments of Paraguay
 ISO 3166-2:PY

References

Other websites

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

Category:Departments of Paraguay