Cordillera Department
The Cordillera department (Spanish: Departamento de Cordillera) is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Caacupé. Its ISO 3166-2 code is PY-03.
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Departamento de Cordillera | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Cordillera, in red, in Paraguay | |
| Coordinates: 25°23′S 57°08′W / 25.383°S 57.133°WCoordinates: 25°23′S 57°08′W / 25.383°S 57.133°W | |
| Country |  Paraguay |
| Region | Oriental |
| Capital | Caacupé |
| Boroughs | 20 (See list) |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Carlos María López López[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,948 km2 (1,910 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Total | 282,981 |
| • Density | 57.191/km2 (148.124/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
| ISO 3166 code | PY-03 |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
The Cordillera department is in the Oriental region. It has an area of 4,948 km2 (1,910 sq mi), the largest of the Oriental region, with a population of 282,981 for a population density of 14.1.[2]
Limits
Rivers
The main river in the department, and of Paraguay, is the Paraguay that makes the western border of the department.
Districts
The department is divided in 20 districts:
| No. | Districts | Area[3] (km²) |
Population[4] (2015) |
Density |
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| 1 | Altos | 130 | 13,922 | 107.1 |
| 2 | Arroyos y Esteros | 537 | 23,942 | 44.6 |
| 3 | Atyrá | 145 | 16,318 | 112.5 |
| 4 | Caacupé | 145 | 53,615 | 369.8 |
| 5 | Caraguatay | 524 | 13,399 | 25.6 |
| 6 | Emboscada | 193 | 17,684 | 91.6 |
| 7 | Eusebio Ayala | 274 | 22,890 | 83.5 |
| 8 | Isla Pucú | 99 | 7,775 | 78.5 |
| 9 | Itacurubí de la Cordillera | 134 | 11,171 | 83.4 |
| 10 | Juan de Mena | 968 | 6,656 | 6.9 |
| 11 | Loma Grande | 85 | 3,426 | 40.3 |
| 12 | Mbocayaty del Yhaguy | 264 | 4,234 | 16.0 |
| 13 | Nueva Colombia | 77 | 3,879 | 50.4 |
| 14 | Piribebuy | 209 | 27,019 | 129.3 |
| 15 | Primero de Marzo | 82 | 6,675 | 81.4 |
| 16 | San Bernardino | 113 | 11,566 | 102.4 |
| 17 | San José Obrero | 197 | 4,348 | 22.1 |
| 18 | Santa Elena | 112 | 5,172 | 46.2 |
| 19 | Tobatí | 285 | 30,836 | 108.2 |
| 20 | Valenzuela | 173 | 6,785 | 39.2 |
Cordillera Department Media
waterfall Pirareta
Emboscada. Trabajo en piedra
Church in the Altos district.
Related pages
References
- ↑ "El Gobernador" (in español). Gobernación de Cordillera. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Proyección Densidad Tasa 2012" (PDF) (in español). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ "Territorio y Población" (zip) (in español). ADEPO - Asociación Paraguaya de Estudios de Población. 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ↑ "Proyección de la población por sexo y edad, según distrito. Revisión 2015 (8.3 MB)" (PDF) (in español). DGEEC. 2015. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Other websites
- Gobernación de Cordillera website (in Spanish)
- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay