Alto Paraná Department

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Statistics
Capital:	Ciudad del Este
Area:	14,895 km²
Inhabitants:	563,042 (2002)
Pop. density:	37.8 inh./km²
ISO 3166-2:	PY-10
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Alto Paraná is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Ciudad del Este (formerly known as Ciudad Presidente Stroessner).

The Alto Paraná department has experienced tremendous economic and population growth in the past 50 years. Most of this growth has been concentrated in the department capital of Ciudad del Este, and mainly ocurred after the construction of the Puente de la Amistad bridge in 1961, which connects Paraguay and Brazil. This department is home to the Itaipu power plant, which supplies 95% of the energy consumed by Paraguay, and the Acaray dam. Several ecological reserves, a zoo and the Taiwanese-Paraguayan Technology Park are situated in this department.

The city of Presidente Franco was the first city founded in this department. Several important agricultural establishments are centered in the region of Minga Guazú which is home of the Guaranĺ International Airport.

The department is divided in 19 districts:

1. Ciudad del Este District
2. Doctor Juan León Mallorquín
3. Domingo Martínez de Irala
4. Hernandarias
5. Iruña
6. Itakyry
7. Juan Emilio O'Leary
8. Los Cedrales
9. Mbaracayú
10. Minga Guazú
11. Minga Porá
12. Ñacunday
13. Naranjal District, Paraguay
14. Presidente Franco
15. San Alberto District, Paraguay
16. San Cristóbal District, Paraguay
17. Santa Rita District
18. Santa Rosa del Monday
19. Yguazú

[edit] External link

• http://www.senatur.gov.py/Paraguay/altoparana.htm Alto Paraná Info (in Spanish)]

Departments of Paraguay
Alto Paraguay - Alto Paraná - Amambay - Asunción Capital District - Boquerón - Caaguazú - Caazapá - Canindeyú - Central - Concepción - Cordillera - Guairá - Itapúa - Misiones - Ñeembucú - Paraguarí - Presidente Hayes - San Pedro