Canindeyú

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 (Ara ararauna).

Districts
The department is divided in 16 districts:


 * 1) Corpus Christi
 * 2) Curuguaty
 * 3) General Francisco Caballero Alvarez (Puente Kyhá)
 * 4) Itanará
 * 5) Katueté
 * 6) 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.