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Ñeembucú Department
Departamento de Ñeembucú— Department —
FlagÑeembucu shown in red Coordinates: 26°52′S 58°18′W / 26.867°S 58.3°WCoordinates: 26°52′S 58°18′W / 26.867°S 58.3°W Country Paraguay
Region Eastern Region Established 1776 Capital Pilar Largest city Pilar Government – Governor Pedro Alliana Rodriguez (National Republican Association) Area – Total 12,147 km2 (4,690 sq mi) Area rank 10 Population (2007)[1] – Total 82,846 – Rank 16 – Density 6.8/km2 (17.7/sq mi) Time zone AST (UTC-04) – Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-03) ISO 3166 code PY-12 Number of Districts 16 Ñeembucú (Guaraní: Ñe'ẽmbuku) is a department located in the south of the Eastern Region of Paraguay. The capital is Pilar. The department is almost entirely rural, and is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved Jesuit ruins, which are located near the town of Humaitá.
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Districts
The department is divided in 16 districts:
- Alberdi
- Cerrito
- Desmochados
- General José Eduvigis Díaz
- Guazú Cuá
- Humaitá
- Isla Umbú
- Laureles
- Mayor José J. Martinez
- Paso de Patria
- Pilar
- San Juan Bautista del Ñeembucú
- Tacuaras
- Villa Franca
- Villa Oliva
- Villalbín
Land
The terrain in Ñeembucú is markedly flat, covered mostly in flat, grassy fields only broken by the occasional wetland swamp or green "monte". Montes, despite their name, are not mountains at all, but patches of dense trees and brush that provide shade to the cattle who graze on the flat plains surrounding them. Almost all of the land in Ñeembucú is used for grazing (cattle, sheep) or other types of agriculture.
Borders
To the west, Ñeembucú is limited by the Rio Paraguay and Argentina, to the south by the Rio Paraná and Argentina, to the north by the Central department, and to the east by the departments of Paraguarí and Misiones.
See also
- List of high schools in Ñeembucú
References
External links
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