Cordillera Department
department of Paraguay
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.
Cordillera
Departamento de Cordillera | |
|---|---|
 Basilica of Caacupé | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Cordillera, in red, in Paraguay | |
| Coordinates: 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/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Cordillerano |
| Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
| ISO 3166 code | PY-03 |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
changeThe 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
change- To the north: San Pedro department.
- To the east: Caaguazú department.
- To the south: Paraguarí and Central departments.
- To the west: Presidente Hayes department, separated by the Paraguay river.
Rivers
changeThe main river in the department, and of Paraguay, is the Paraguay that makes the western border of the department.
Districts
changeThe department is divided in 20 districts:
| No. | Districts | Area[3] (km²) |
Population[4] (2015) |
Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ "El Gobernador" (in Spanish). 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 Spanish). Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ "Territorio y Población" (zip) (in Spanish). 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 Spanish). DGEEC. 2015. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cordillera Department.
- Gobernación de Cordillera website Archived 2016-07-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay