Caaguazú Department

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.

Caaguazú
Departamento de Caaguazú
Department
Coronel Oviedo town hall
Coronel Oviedo town hall
Flag of Caaguazú department
Flag
Coat of arms of Caaguazú department
Coat of arms
Caaguazú in Paraguay
Location of Caaguazú, in red, in Paraguay
Coordinates: 25°25′S 56°27′W
Country Paraguay
RegionOriental
CapitalCoronel Oviedo
Boroughs22 (See list)
Government
 • GovernorMario Alberto Varela
Area
[1]
 • Total11,474 km2 (4,430 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)[1]
 • Total484,177
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-04 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-03 (ADT)
ISO 3166 codePY-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.[1]

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

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).[2]

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).[2]

Districts

The department is divided in 22 districts:

Districts of the Caaguazú department
No. Districts Area
(km²)		 Population[3]
(2015)		 Density
1Caaguazú982.08120,160122.4
2Carayaó897.6915,65517.4
3Coronel Oviedo869.97113,566130.5
4Doctor Cecilio Báez147.977,67151.8
5Doctor Juan Eulogio Estigarribia639.0035,27655.2
6Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos555.2223,82742.9
7José Domingo Ocampos151.4010,98172.5
8La Pastora363.485,22514.4
9Mariscal Francisco Solano López871.286,8727.9
10Nueva Londres228.354,90521.5
11Nueva Toledo594.114,9248.3
12Raúl Arsenio Oviedo639.9616,67426.1
13Repatriación863.5633,04438.3
14R. I. Tres Corrales285.889,24332.3
15San Joaquín401.9217,62443.8
16San José de los Arroyos497.9119,12538.4
17Santa Rosa del Mbutuy326.0512,82239.3
18Simón Bolívar354.016,09517.2
19Tembiaporá450.3514,34531.9
20Tres de Febrero236.789,94242.0
21Vaquería1,168.0311,71810.0
22Yhú1,398.3534,83124.9

References
  1. "Compendio Estadístico 2013" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  2. "Compendio Estadístico Ambiental del Paraguay 2002-2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. "Proyección de la población por sexo y edad, según distrito. Revisión 2015 (8.3 MB)" (PDF) (in Spanish). DGEEC. 2015. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

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