San Juan Nepomuceno, Paraguay

San Juan Nepomuceno is a city and district in the Paraguayan department of Caazapá. It has the largest urban conglomeration of the department.

San Juan Nepomuceno
City
San Juan Nepomuceno
Coordinates: 26°07′00″S 55°55′48″W
Country Paraguay
DepartmentCaazapá
FoundedNovember 20, 1797 for Lázaro de Rivera y Espinosa
Government
  Intendente MunicipalNéstor Orlando Rojas Villalba (San Juan Diferente)
Area
  Total1,011 km2 (390 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
  Total24,243
  Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-04 (AST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-03 (ADT)
Postal code
5880
Area code(s)(595) (544)

Location

This district is located in the east part of the department and shares border with six districts of Caazapá (clockwise: N: General Higinio Morínigo, Abaí; E: Tavaí; S: Yuty; W: Buena Vista, Caazapá) and one of the Itapúa (Alto Verá).

Population

According to the 2002 Census this district has the largest urban area of Caazapá with 6937 inhabitants in its urban conglomeration. Its total population is the third in the department, with 24243 inhabitants, after Yuty and Abaí.

How to get here

It lies 249 km southeast of the national capital city, Asuncion, at the terminus of the Blas Garay highway. Blas Garay is a spur of the national highway Number 8 and forks at a crossroads near the town of Ñumí.

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