Ñeembucú Department

Ñeembucú (Spanish pronunciation: [ɲe(e)mbuˈku]; 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.

Ñeembucú Department

Departamento de Ñeembucú
Department
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Ñeembucu shown in red
Coordinates: 26°52′S 58°18′W
Country Paraguay
RegionEastern Region
Established1776
CapitalPilar
Largest cityPilar
Government
 • GovernorCarlos Francisco Silva (PLRA)
Area
 • Total12,147 km2 (4,690 sq mi)
Area rank10
Population
 (2007)[1]
 • Total82,846
 • Rank16
 • Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-04 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-03 (ADT)
ISO 3166 codePY-12
Number of Districts16

Districts

The department is divided in 16 districts:

  1. Alberdi
  2. Cerrito
  3. Desmochados
  4. General José Eduvigis Díaz
  5. Guazú Cuá
  6. Humaitá
  7. Isla Umbú
  8. Laureles
  9. Mayor José J. Martinez
  10. Paso de Patria
  11. Pilar
  12. San Juan Bautista del Ñeembucú
  13. Tacuaras
  14. Villa Franca
  15. Villa Oliva
  16. 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.

History

Ñeembucú was the theatre of the second phase of the War of the Triple Alliance. Battles fought there included Tuyutí, Curupaytí, the Boquerón del Sauce and Humaitá.

See also
  • List of high schools in Ñeembucú

References
  1. 2007 Statistics by the DGEEC.
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