with Canindeyú Department To the South: with Itapúa Department To the East: with Brazil and Argentina To the West: with Caaguazú and Caazapá departments The capital is Ciudad del Este, originally named Puerto Flor de Lis, and later Puerto Presidente Stroessner until it received the name that has nowadays once the dictatorial government of General Alfredo Stroessner was over. This city limits with the Brazilian city, Foz do Iguaçu. Districts The department is divided in 22 districts: * - The districts of Doctor Raúl Peña and Tavapy were created after the 2002 Census, therefore not displayed on the map. Alto Paraná has a combination of valleys with streams that come from the Paraná River, it also has high lands and mountainous that can reach 300 meters above sea level. The lands near the banks of the Paraná River have forests, which are in trouble nowadays because of the indiscriminate deforestation. In this places, are functioning programs of reforestation, with the special plantation of different species of pine. Orography In the department there's practically no important elevations. Hydrography The Paraná River is the most important supply of water for the department. The following are branches of this river: Itambey Ñacunday Limoy Itabo Guazú Pira Pyta Ycua Guazú Acaray Monday Yacuy In this area, there are also several streams that help make the land fertile for the agriculture. These streams and river outstand because the presence of the rocks of great size that give origin to beautiful waterfalls. Among these are the ones formed by the Monday and Ñacunday Rivers. The powerful flow of the rivers Paraná and Acaray has been used in favor of constructing the hydroelectric power stations Itaipú and Acaray. Climate Alto Paraná presents an absolute maximum temperature in summer of . The absolute minimum in winter is . The annual average is . The department receives abundant precipitation during the entire year, registered as annually. This total is the highest anywhere in Paraguay. Consequently, this area has a lot of humidity in the environment, which is good for agriculture. Fog and drizzle are constant in winter. Economy The forestall exploit is the most important activity in the area. Nowadays, the population dedicates, in part, to the industrial process of different varieties of wood, such as: cedar, yvyra pyta, lapacho, taperyva guasu, petereby, guatambu, incense, guaica and others. Another important activity is the plantation of pine as a form