Canindeyú Department

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Statistics
Capital: Salto del Guairá
Area: 14,667 km²
Inhabitants: 140,551 (2002)
Pop. density: 9.6 inh./km²
ISO 3166-2: PY-14
Map
Map of Paraguay highlighting the department

Canindeyú is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Salto del Guairá.

[edit] Districts

The department is divided in 10 districts:

  1. Corpus Christi
  2. General Francisco Caballero Alvarez (Puente Kyhá)
  3. Itanará
  4. Katueté
  5. La Paloma
  6. Nueva Esperanza
  7. Salto del Guairá
  8. Villa San Isidro del Curuguaty
  9. Villa Ygatimí
  10. Ypejhū

The eastern part of Canindeyu is very green; mostly rolling hills and soy bean farms. A fair portion of the population consists of Brazilian immigrants.