Official Name: | Maciel |
Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | Paraguay |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Paraguay |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Caazapá |
Leader Title: | Intendente Municipal |
Leader Name: | Amadeo Alberto Ledesma Ortiz (ANR) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | December 17, 1892 |
Area Total Km2: | 457 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 3957 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | AST |
Utc Offset1: | -04 |
Timezone1 Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -03 |
Coordinates: | -26.1833°N -56.4722°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | (595) (5428) |
Maciel is a district located in the north western part of the Caazapá Department of Paraguay.
The district is located in the north western part of the department and shares border with two districts of Caazapá (Caazapá and Doctor Moisés S. Bertoni), one of the Paraguarí Department (Mbuyapey) and two of the Guairá Department (Borja and Iturbe).
At the 2002 census Maciel had a population of 3,957, an increase of 0.4% since 1992.
It is located only 10 km away from the city of Caazapá, where one can get taking the national route number 8.