San Juan Nepomuceno, Paraguay

San Juan Nepomuceno
City
San Juan Nepomuceno
Coordinates: 26°07′00″S 55°55′48″W / 26.11667°S 55.93000°W / -26.11667; -55.93000Coordinates: 26°07′00″S 55°55′48″W / 26.11667°S 55.93000°W / -26.11667; -55.93000
Country  Paraguay
Department Caazapá
Founded November 20, 1797 for Lázaro de Rivera y Espinosa
Government
  Intendente Municipal Albertano Reyes Rodriguez
Area
  Total 1,011 km2 (390 sq mi)
Population (2002)
  Total 24,243
  Density 24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone AST (UTC-04)
  Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-03)
Area code(s) (595) (544)

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

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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