Saltos del Guairá

Saltos del Guairá is in the Department of Canindeyú, the eastern of the country, its geographical location is latitude 24 º 04 'S and longitude 54 ° 20 W. This makes District boundaries to the north with the cities of Novo Mundo (MS) and Guaira (PR), Brazil as the latter taking the limit Paraná River and east, separated from this country in the mountains Amambay and Mbarakayú and the Paraná River, respectively. To the south the river divides the Itambey Department of Alto Paraná and the mountains of San Joaquin Caaguazú. To the west, the rivers Curuguaty and Corrientes separate them from the Department of San Pedro. Canindeyú department is a predominantly rural for approximately 8 of every 10 inhabitants live in the countryside. Climate It has a pleasant climate for his height (200m.snm) with around 1,483 mm. For rainfall, 21 °C average annual temperature, with between 0 °C July and August as a minimum and 39 °C, the maximum. The rate of evaporation is 1,073. {{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Salto del Guairá (1991–2020) | Jan high C = 33.3 | Feb high C = 32.7 | Mar high C = 31.9 | Apr high C = 29.6 | May high C = 25.6 | Jun high C = 24.4 | Jul high C = 24.2 | Aug high C = 26.7 | Sep high C = 28.4 | Oct high C = 30.3 | Nov high C = 31.4 | Dec high C = 32.6 | year high C = 29.3 | Jan mean C = 26.1 | Feb mean C = 25.7 | Mar mean C = 24.9 | Apr mean C = 22.6 | May mean C = 18.9 | Jun mean C = 17.8 | Jul mean C = 17.2 | Aug mean C = 19.0 | Sep mean C = 21.0 | Oct mean C = 23.4 | Nov mean C = 24.3 | Dec mean C = 25.5 | year mean C = 22.2 | Jan low C = 21.7 | Feb low C = 21.4 | Mar low C = 20.5 | Apr low C = 17.8 | May low C = 14.2 | Jun low C = 13.1 | Jul low C = 11.8 | Aug low C = 13.1 | Sep low C = 15.7 | Oct low C = 18.7 | Nov low C = 19.4 | Dec low C = 20.9 | year low C = 17.4 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 157.7 | Feb precipitation mm = 154.0 | Mar precipitation mm = 125.4 | Apr precipitation mm = 126.2 | May precipitation mm = 153.7 | Jun precipitation mm = 100.3 | Jul precipitation mm = 84.4 | Aug precipitation mm = 70.7 | Sep precipitation mm = 123.2 | Oct precipitation mm = 207.8 | Nov precipitation mm = 179.3 | Dec precipitation mm = 217.4 | year precipitation mm = 1700.1 | source 1 = NOAA Hydrography The areas occupied by the district have two major classes of surface drainage, the water catchment area of river Piratiy and river Carapa. ==Population and surface==

The District of Saltos del Guairá has a total population of 145841 inhabitants; density; 9.9 inhabitants/km2 and the surface is 14,667 km2. == Political Division ==

Capital: Saltos del Guairá It is divided into nine districts: Saltos del Guairá, Itanará, Ypehú, Corpus Christi, Gen. Francisco Álvarez Caballero, Curuguaty, Ygatimi, La Paloma and Katueté. ==Infrastructure==

The city of Saltos del Guairá, as a pole of development in the north of the country has an interesting infrastructure, as it is endowed with public buildings, government, military establishments, public and private hospitals, places of sport and recreation, commercial premises, schools, colleges, universities and religious temples. ==Economy==

The department's principal economical activity is tourist commerce, selling tons of products to Brazilians. Also important is agriculture, especially the cultivation of soy by its largest production volume. Other important crops are maize, sugarcane, wheat and cotton. The rugged topography, with broad valleys and flat and undulating terrain encourage farming department, which places it in third place on the production of cattle, at the national level. It also has a large stock of pigs and cattle on a smaller scale produce horses and goats. Among the main branches of industrial activities developed, we can mention because of its importance as follows: manufacture of parts and pieces of carpentry for buildings and transportation activities, storage and warehousing and timber, bakery developing, manufacturing ceramic not refractory to use in the structural development of dairy products among others. ==Education==

Canindeyú has a low educational level and a significant proportion of the population does not have any instructions. del Guairá has three schools and fourteen associated primary schools for basic education, six schools of secondary level, a Faculty of Law and Social Sciences and one of Economics, a subsidiary of the National University of Ciudad del Este. It also has the U. T C. D and U. P. A. P ==Health==

The health infrastructure, measured in terms of number of centers, health posts, hospitals and beds available, although it has been increasing, remains in deficit in relation with the population size. Currently, the department has 38 health facilities. ==Communications==

The city has the communications network TELECEL, Copaco, Personal and CTI with a central machine, through which subscribers can communicate directly with the capital, other cities in the country and the world. The media and television network Canindeyú 95.5, 90.3 Radio Salto del Guairá, Radio Tricolor 103.9 Mbaracayu and cable TV. Besides the representatives of Ultima Hora, ABC Color and Semanario Regional Paranazâo River. ==Roads==

The Paraná River and the Itaipu Lake, with its strong potential waterway, have a reduced impact, becoming international channels of communication with Brazilian surrounding populations, such as the Mundo Novo and Guaira, with which there is a rafts system connection. Its main lines of communication are the land, although still unpaved for the most part, as the route 10 "La Residenta", which crosses the department from east to west and arrives at Saltos del Guairá, with a branch until Ypehú And one that goes to Corpus Christi and it also joins to the superhighway that links with the department of Alto Paraná and other departments and major centers in the country. Canindeyú has 1.056,2 km. of departmental roads and no paved neighborhoods. It also has airstrips for small-size airplanes. ==Consular representation==

Brazil has a Consulate in Saltos del Guairá. == Sources ==