Naranjal District

Naranjal is a district of the Alto Paraná Department, Paraguay.

The mayor of Narajal elected in 2015 is Edoard Schaffrath.

The city holds about 13.000 people,most of its inhabitants work with agriculture in small farms situated in Narajanl, San Alfredo and Aurora II. Naranjal was conolized by Brazilian inmigrants, and teh majority of the people living at Narajal today hold the Brazilian culture and language (Portuguese). The main activity for its people is agriculture, cultuvating soybeans, corn and wheat. There are a number of small family owned sotores, a few supermarkets, a couple of drugstores and restaurants.

Considered a safe place to live by its inhabitants, people know each other by family name and mingle together at local festivities such as Fiesta de la Costilha, which is an event where more than 5000 people atend to eat ribs cooked over a period of 12 hours.

Coordinates: 25°58′S 55°11′W / 25.967°S 55.183°W