Canindeyú Department


Canindeyú is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Salto [del Guairá].
Canindeyú comes from the Guarani words Kaninde - macaw; ju - yellow, blue-and-yellow macaw.

Districts

The department is divided in 16 districts:
  1. Corpus [Christi, Paraguay|Corpus Christi]
  2. Curuguaty
  3. General Francisco Caballero Alvarez
  4. Itanará
  5. Katueté
  6. La [Paloma (Paraguay)|La Paloma]
  7. Nueva Esperanza
  8. Salto del Guairá
  9. Villa Ygatimí
  10. Yasy Cañy
  11. Ypehú
  12. Ybyrarobaná
  13. Yby Pytá
  14. Maracanà
  15. Puerto Adela
  16. Laurel
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 and Portuguese is widely spoken, along with Spanish and Guaraní.