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District and city in Alto Paraná, Paraguay
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Hernandarias is a district and city of the Alto Paraná Department. It is 349 km from Asunción, 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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The second largest hydroelectric power station in the world.
A recreational area on the shores of Lake River and Tatar Yup, where tourists can do photographic safari, guided tours and boat rides.
Ecoregion in the Alto Paraná, 80 km from the town of Hernandarias, has an area of 13,807 ha of undulating topography. The river of the same name, Itabo, crosses the reservation from west to east with its two arms, North Itabo and Itabo South and some of its tributaries. The climate is subtropical in the region, with light rainfall, ranging from 1,500 to 1,700 mm. The plants of the reservation that predominates: Tabebuia sp., Peltophorum dubium, Cedrela fissilis among others.
This city is 15 km from Ciudad del Este, on Route II "Mcal. Estigarribia" until the viaduct in the 4 km; take the highway that leads to Saltos del Guairá.
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