South America
Paraguay
Paraná Plateau

Hernandarias

Hernandarias is a district and city of the Alto Paraná Department. It is 349 km from , and is known as the "Latin American Capital of Electric Power". It had a population of about 80,000 in 2008.
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  • Type: Town with 79,700 residents
  • Description: district and city in Alto Paraná, Paraguay
  • Also known as: “Capital Latinoamericana de la Energía Eléctrica”, “Hernandarias District”, “Hernandarias, Paraguay”, “Tacurú Pucú”, and “Tacuru-Pucu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Itaipu Airport and Itaipu Dam.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving the city of Hernandarias in , . The Itaipu non-directional beacon is located on the field.

Dam
Photo: Angeloleithold, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a hydroelectric dam on the located on the border between and . It is the third-largest hydroelectric dam in the world in terms of produced energy. is situated 4½ km east of Hernandarias.

Hernandarias

Latitude
-25.4042° or 25° 24′ 15″ south
Longitude
-54.632° or 54° 37′ 55″ west
Population
79,700
Elevation
232 metres (761 feet)
Inception
1896
United Nations Location Code
PY HER
Open location code
5867H9W9+85
Open­Street­Map ID
node 648476706
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3438001
Wiki­data ID
Q2271787
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Hernandarias” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هرناندارياس”
  • Basque: “Hernandarias”
  • Bengali: “হার্নান্দারিয়াস জেলা”
  • Chinese: “埃爾南達里亞斯”
  • Danish: “Hernandarias”
  • Dutch: “Hernandarias”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرناندارياس”
  • Finnish: “Hernandarias”
  • French: “Hernandarias”
  • Georgian: “ერნანდარიასი”
  • German: “Hernandarias”
  • Greek: “Χερναντάριας”
  • Guarani: “Hernandarias”
  • Guarani: “Hernandárias”
  • Guarani: “Takuru Puku”
  • Gujarati: “હર્નાનદારિઆસ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “एर्नांदारियास”
  • Indonesian: “Hernandarias District”
  • Italian: “Hernandarias”
  • Japanese: “エルナンダリアス地区”
  • Kannada: “ಹೆರ್ನಾಂಡರಿಯಸ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “에르난다리아스”
  • Latvian: “Hernandarjas distrikts”
  • Lithuanian: “Hernandarijasas”
  • Lithuanian: “Hernandarjasas”
  • Malay: “Hernandarias District”
  • Marathi: “हर्नंदरीया जिल्हा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hernandarias Distrikt”
  • Persian: “ناحیه هرنانداریاس”
  • Persian: “هرنانداریاس”
  • Polish: “Hernandaríaz”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Hernandarias”
  • Portuguese: “Hernandarias”
  • Romanian: “Hernandarias, Paraguay”
  • Romanian: “Hernandarias”
  • Russian: “Хернандарьяс”
  • Sinhala: “හර්නන්ඩාරියස්, පැරගුවේ”
  • Sinhala: “හර්නන්දරියාස් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Hernandarias”
  • Spanish: “Hernandarias”
  • Swedish: “Hernandarias Distrikt”
  • Tamil: “ஹெர்னாண்டரியாஸ் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “హెర్నాండరియా నగరం”
  • Thai: “เอร์นันดาเรียส”
  • Turkish: “Hernandarias Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Гернандарьянс”
  • Urdu: “حیرنانداریاس ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Hernandarias”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Hernandarias”. Photo: S23678, CC BY-SA 3.0.