Maciel is a district located in the north western part of the Caazapá Department of Paraguay.

Maciel
District
Maciel
Coordinates: 26°11′00″S 56°28′20″W
Country	Paraguay
Department	Caazapá
Founded	December 17, 1892
Government
• Intendente Municipal	Amadeo Alberto Ledesma Ortiz (ANR)
Area
• Total	457 km2 (176 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	3,957
• Density	8.7/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-04 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-03 (ADT)
Area code(s)	(595) (5428)

Location

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).

Population

At the 2002 census Maciel had a population of 3,957, an increase of 0.4% since 1992.

References

This article does not cite any sources. (January 2011)

How to get here

It is located only 10 km away from the city of Caazapá, where one can get taking the national route number 8.