Bahía Negra is a district in the department of Alto Paraguay, Paraguay. Located on the right bank of the Paraguay River its population count i…Bahía Negra is a district in the department of Alto Paraguay, Paraguay. Located on the right bank of the Paraguay River its population count is estimated to be around 2537, as of 2023. Bahía Negra is located in the northeastern extreme of the Alto Paraguay department, about 137 km north of Fuerte Olimpo, which is the departmental capital. Bahía Negra is located at the coordinates 20°15'00"S 58°12'00"W and at an altitude of 75 m above sea level. As its name suggests, the geographical feature is a "bay," or rather, a wide bend formed by the Paraguay River moving westward, i.e., into the Chaco Boreal. The Chacoan margins have relatively high cliffs where stable hamlets have been established, whereas the eastern margins are low and largely covered by wetlands that are a southern extension of the Great Pantanal.
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