Caaguazú Department

Caaguazú Departamento de Caaguazú
Department
Coronel Oviedo town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Caaguazú, in red, in Paraguay
Coordinates: 25°25′S 56°27′W
Country	Paraguay
Region	Oriental
Capital	Coronel Oviedo
Boroughs	22 (See list)
Government
• Governor	Mario Alberto Varela
Area
• Total	11,474 km2 (4,430 sq mi)
Population  (2013)
• Total	484,177
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-04 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-03 (ADT)
ISO 3166 code	PY-05

Caaguazú (Spanish: Departamento de 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 11,474 km² (4,430 sq mi), 2.82% of the area of Paraguay. Its estimated population in 2013 is 484,177 for a population density of 42.2 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

As of 2012, the total amount of precipitation for the year 2012 in the city of Coronel Oviedo was 1,834.9 mm (72.2 in). The month with the most precipitation was April with 297.3 mm (11.7 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was August with 15.0 mm (0.6 in).

The average temperature for the year 2012 in Coronel Oviedo was 22.6 °C (72.7 °F). The warmest month, on average, was December with an average temperature of 27.6 °C (81.7 °F). The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 15.1 °C (59.2 °F).

Districts

The department is divided in 22 districts:

Districts of the Caaguazú department

No.	Districts	Area (km²)	Population (2015)	Density
1	Caaguazú	982.08	120,160	122.4
2	Carayaó	897.69	15,655	17.4
3	Coronel Oviedo	869.97	113,566	130.5
4	Doctor Cecilio Báez	147.97	7,671	51.8
5	Doctor Juan Eulogio Estigarribia	639.00	35,276	55.2
6	Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos	555.22	23,827	42.9
7	José Domingo Ocampos	151.40	10,981	72.5
8	La Pastora	363.48	5,225	14.4
9	Mariscal Francisco Solano López	871.28	6,872	7.9
10	Nueva Londres	228.35	4,905	21.5
11	Nueva Toledo	594.11	4,924	8.3
12	Raúl Arsenio Oviedo	639.96	16,674	26.1
13	Repatriación	863.56	33,044	38.3
14	R. I. Tres Corrales	285.88	9,243	32.3
15	San Joaquín	401.92	17,624	43.8
16	San José de los Arroyos	497.91	19,125	38.4
17	Santa Rosa del Mbutuy	326.05	12,822	39.3
18	Simón Bolívar	354.01	6,095	17.2
19	Tembiaporá	450.35	14,345	31.9
20	Tres de Febrero	236.78	9,942	42.0
21	Vaquería	1,168.03	11,718	10.0
22	Yhú	1,398.35	34,831	24.9

Related pages

• Departments of Paraguay
• ISO 3166-2:PY

Other websites

• Portal de Caaguazú (in Spanish)
• Statoids - Departments of Paraguay