Caaguazú Department

Caaguazú () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Coronel Oviedo. Its ISO 3166-2 code  is PY-05.

History
In 1712, Gregorio Bazán de Pedraza founded the town of Villa de San Isidro Labrador de Curuguaty, followed by Ybytimí in 1715, San Joaquín in 1746, and Carayaó in 1770.

The department was created in 1906 with the name of Yhú; the town of Yhú was named as the capital of the department. Other towns were Ajos (present day Coronel Oviedo), Carayaó, San Joaquín and Caaguazú. Upon territorial reorganization in 1945, it was given the name of Caaguazú.

Its present limits were defined in 1973.

Geography
The Caaguazú department is in middle of the Oriental region. It has an area of ,  of the area of Paraguay. Its estimated population in 2013 is 484,177 for a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

The Caaguazú mountain range crosses the department from the north to the south. The main river in the department, and of Paraguay, is the Paraguay.

Limits
 To the north: San Pedro and Canindeyú departments.
 To the east: Alto Paraná department.
 To the south: Guairá and Caazapá departments.
 To the west: Cordillera and Paraguarí departments.

Climate
, the total amount of precipitation for the year 2012 in the city of Coronel Oviedo 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 Coronel Oviedo was . The warmest month, on average, was December with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of .

Districts
The department is divided in 22 districts:

+ Districts of the Caaguazú departmentNo. Districts Area(km²) Population(2015) Density 1  Caaguazú       2  Carayaó       3  Coronel Oviedo       4  Doctor Cecilio Báez       5  Doctor Juan Eulogio Estigarribia       6  Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos       7  José Domingo Ocampos       8  La Pastora       9  Mariscal Francisco Solano López       10  Nueva Londres       11  Nueva Toledo       12  Raúl Arsenio Oviedo       13  Repatriación       14  R. I. Tres Corrales       15  San Joaquín       16  San José de los Arroyos       17  Santa Rosa del Mbutuy       18  Simón Bolívar       19  Tembiaporá       20  Tres de Febrero       21  Vaquería       22  Yhú      

Related pages
 Departments of Paraguay
 ISO 3166-2:PY

References

Other websites

 Portal de Caaguazú 
 Statoids - Departments of Paraguay

Category:Departments of Paraguay