Presidente Hayes Department
The Presidente Hayes department (Spanish: Departamento de Presidente Hayes) is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Villa Hayes.
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 Location of Presidente Hayes, in red, in Paraguay | |
| Coordinates: 23°46′31.04″S 58°36′43.42″W / 23.7752889°S 58.6120611°WCoordinates: 23°46′31.04″S 58°36′43.42″W / 23.7752889°S 58.6120611°W | |
| Country |  Paraguay |
| Region | Occidental |
| Capital | Villa Hayes |
| Districts | 8 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Antonio Saldivar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72,907 km2 (28,150 sq mi) |
| Population (2013)[2] | |
| • Total | 108,520 |
| • Density | 1.48847/km2 (3.85512/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
| ISO 3166 code | PY-15 |
Its ISO 3166-2 code is PY-15.
Geography
The Presidente Hayes department is in the central part of the country, in the southwest of the Occidental ("Western") region. It has an area of 72,907 km2 (28,150 sq mi), with a population of 108,520 for a Population density of 1.5.[2]
Limits
- To the north: Alto Paraguay department.
- To the south: Formosa Province, Argentina, from which is separated by the Pilcomayo river.
- To the east: the departments Concepción, San Pedro, Cordillera and Central; Presidente Hayes is separated from them by the Paraguay river.
- To the west: Boquerón department.
Rivers
The main rivers in the department are the Paraguay river and its tributary, the Pilcomayo.
Districts
The department is divided in 8 districts:
| No. | Districts | Area (km²) |
Population[3] (2016) |
Density (inh./km²) |
Elevation (m) |
Postal code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamín Aceval | 10,996 | 19,594 | 1.8 | 66 | 9800 |
| 2 | General Bruguez | 6,543 | 3,216 | 0.5 | ||
| 3 | José Falcón | 1,839 | 4,067 | 2.2 | 54 | 9690 |
| 4 | Nanawa | 4.7 | 5,884 | 1,251.9 | 54 | 9950 |
| 5 | Puerto Pinasco | 15,141 | 9,380 | 0.6 | 73 | 9700 |
| 6 | Teniente Esteban Martínez | 8,015 | 3,292 | 0.4 | 123 | |
| 7 | Teniente Irala Fernández | 13,409 | 25,326 | 1.9 | ||
| 8 | Villa Hayes | 17,707 | 48,041 | 2.7 | 55 | 9900 |
Gallery
Government of Presidente Hayes.
National University of Asuncion in Villa Hayes.
Street in Benjamín Aceval.
Presidente Hayes Department Media
Government of Presidente Hayes near the Paraguay river
View from Villa Hayes of a ship sailing on the Paraguay River
Iglesia de Villa Hayes
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Autoridades" (in español). Gobernación del XV Departamento de Pdte. Hayes. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Compendio Estadístico 2013" (PDF) (in español). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ "Proyección de la población por sexo y edad, según distrito. Revisión 2015 (8.3 MB)" (PDF) (in español). DGEEC. 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
Other websites
- Gobernación de Presidente Hayes website (in Spanish)
- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay