Guairá Department
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Country | Paraguay | ||
Capital | Villarrica | ||
surface | 3846 km² | ||
Residents | 220,800 (2017) | ||
density | 57 inhabitants per km² | ||
ISO 3166-2 | PY-4 |
Coordinates: 25 ° 47 ′ S , 56 ° 27 ′ W
Guairá ( Guaraní : Guaira ) is a department in Paraguay , it is one of a total of 17 administrative districts .
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In Guairá is the highest hill in Paraguay, the Tres Kandu , at 842 m above sea level , in the Yvytyruzú nature reserve .
In Guairá mainly agriculture is practiced. It is the main producer of sugar cane (with about 41% of the national production). There is also cattle breeding and the only wine-growing region in Paraguay is in Guairá.
Districts
- Borja
- Captain Mauricio José Troche
- Coronel Martínez
- Doctor Botrell
- Félix Pérez Cardozo
- General Eugenio A. Garay
- Independencia
- Itapé
- Iturbe
- Jose A. Fassardi
- Mbocayaty del Guairá
- Natalicio Talavera
- Ñumí
- Paso Yobai
- San Salvador
- Villarrica
- Yataity del Guairá