Le département de Guairá (espagnol : departamento de Guairá) est l'un des 17 départements du Paraguay, dont le code ISO 3166-2 est PY-4.
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San Salvador is a district of the Guairá Department, Paraguay. It is located in 18 kilometers southwest of Villarrica.
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Mauricio José Troche is one of the districts in the Guairá department, Paraguay. It is located 183 km away from Asunción, capital of Paraguay.
In this area the population dedicates mostly to the agriculture and farming. They also dedicate to the artisan fabrication of ao po’i.
The production of sugar cane is very important because it is industrialized, obtaining as a result fuel alcohol.
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Ñumí is a district of the Guairá Department, Paraguay.
Ñumí is located to the south of the city of Villarrica, the capital of the department, and to the east of the San Salvador district. It is connected to both by wide roads. Is about 198 kilometers away from Asunción. You can get to this district following the Route 8 "Doctor Blas Garay".
The activities of the population are fundamentally agricultural. They also dedicate to the work of wood, although this last one has diminished lately.
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Paso Yobai is the easternmost district of the Guairá Department, Paraguay.
It was founded in 1923 by a Swiss settler George Naville as an agricultural colony. The first permanent resident was a man named Jose Dolores Resquin who was an employee of Naville. Resquin produced yerba mate to be transported to Villarrica by ox-wagons. Paso Yobai was part of the district of Independencia until 1993.
Paso Yobai is historically known for the high quality of its production of yerba mate. Is also known for the production of sugar-cane, cotton and soy.
The Canadian company "Latin American Minerals, Inc." bought "Paraguayan Mines" in 2007 and negotiated an agreement with the Paraguayan government to begin mining in the district. .Although mining has brought increased prosperity to Paso Yobai, it has also brought environmental issues such as mercury contamination of the streams.
The harpist, Enrique Samaniego was born in Paso Yobai.
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Guairá Department is one of the seventeen departments of Paraguay. Its capital and most populous city is Villarrica. It is located to the southern half of the country and to the center of the Eastern Region. Guairá Department is the second smallest department of Paraguay after Central and the fourth most densely populated after Central, Alto Paraná and Cordillera. It was created in 1906.