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 Jesuitruins, which are located near the town of Humaitá.
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.
Ñeembucú, department, Ñeembucú, spanish, pronunciation, mbuˈku, guaraní, ẽmbuku, department, located, south, eastern, region, paraguay, capital, pilar, department, almost, entirely, rural, home, some, oldest, best, preserved, jesuit, ruins, which, located, nea. Neembucu Spanish pronunciation ɲe e mbuˈku Guarani Ne 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 Humaita Neembucu Department Departamento de NeembucuDepartmentFlagNeembucu shown in redCoordinates 26 52 S 58 18 W 26 867 S 58 300 W 26 867 58 300Country ParaguayRegionEastern RegionEstablished1776CapitalPilarLargest cityPilarGovernment GovernorVictor Hugo Forneron ANR Area Total12 147 km2 4 690 sq mi Rank10Population 2007 1 Total82 846 Rank16 Density6 8 km2 18 sq mi Time zoneUTC 04 AST Summer DST UTC 03 ADT ISO 3166 codePY 12Number of Districts16 Contents 1 Districts 2 Land 3 Borders 4 History 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksDistricts editThe department is divided in 16 districts Alberdi Cerrito Desmochados General Jose Eduvigis Diaz Guazu Cua Humaita Isla Umbu Laureles Mayor Jose J Martinez Paso de Patria Pilar San Juan Bautista del Neembucu Tacuaras Villa Franca Villa Oliva Villalbin nbsp Land editThe terrain in Neembucu 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 Neembucu is used for grazing cattle sheep or other types of agriculture Borders editTo the west Neembucu is limited by the Rio Paraguay and Argentina to the south by the Rio Parana and Argentina to the north by the Central department and to the east by the departments of Paraguari and Misiones History editNeembucu was the theatre of the second phase of the War of the Triple Alliance Battles fought there included Tuyuti Curupayti the Boqueron del Sauce and Humaita See also editList of high schools in NeembucuReferences edit 2007 Statistics by the DGEEC External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neembucu Department http misionesparaguay com Cerrito html Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Neembucu Department amp oldid 1188531001, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
