Presidente Hayes Department

Presidente Hayes
Department
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Coordinates: 23°46′S 58°37′W / 23.767°S 58.617°W / -23.767; -58.617
Country	Paraguay
Capital	Villa Hayes
Government
• Governor	Bernardo Zárate (ANR)
Area
• Total	72,907 km2 (28,150 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	126,880
• Density	1.7/km2 (4.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-04 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-03 (ADT)
ISO 3166 code	PY-15
Number of Districts	8

Presidente Hayes (Spanish pronunciation: [pɾesiˈðente ˈaʝes]) is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Villa Hayes. The department was named after U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, who awarded the territory to Paraguay while arbitrating a boundary dispute between Paraguay and Argentina after the Paraguayan War.