The Itapúa department (Spanish: Departamento de Itapúa) is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Encarnación.
Itapúa | |
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Coordinates: 27°20′S 55°53′W | |
Country | Paraguay |
Region | Oriental |
Capital | Encarnación |
Districts | 30 |
Government | |
• Governor | Luis Roberto Gneiting Dichtiar[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 16,525 km2 (6,380 sq mi) |
Population (2013)[2] | |
• Total | 551,128 |
• Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
ISO 3166 code | PY-7 |
Website | Official website |
Its ISO 3166-2 code is PY-7.
The Itapúa department is in the southeastern part of the country, in the Oriental region. It has an area of 16,525 km2 (6,380 sq mi), with a estimated population for 2013 of 551,128 for a Population density of 33.4.[2]
The main river in the department is the Paraná river.
As of 2012[update], the total amount of precipitation for the year 2012 in the city of Encarnación was 1,417.0 mm (55.8 in). The month with the most precipitation was December with 439 mm (17.3 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was January with 27.3 mm (1.1 in).[3]
The average temperature for the year 2012 in Encarnación was 22.2 °C (72.0 °F). The warmest month, on average, was February with an average temperature of 27.9 °C (82.2 °F). The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 14.1 °C (57.4 °F).[3]
The department is divided in 30 districts:
No. | Districts | Area (km²) |
Population[4] (2015) |
Density |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alto Verá | 899.20 | 17,468 | 19.4 |
2 | Bella Vista | 300.01 | 13,566 | 45.2 |
3 | Cambyretá | 191.78 | 51,972 | 271.0 |
4 | Capitán Meza | 440.23 | 13,802 | 31.4 |
5 | Capitán Miranda | 219.15 | 13,014 | 59.4 |
6 | Carlos Antonio López | 821.85 | 19,734 | 24.0 |
7 | Carmen del Paraná | 319.88 | 8,545 | 26.7 |
8 | Coronel Bogado | 651.40 | 20,715 | 31.8 |
9 | Edelira | 633.95 | 24,320 | 38.4 |
10 | Encarnación | 320.32 | 127,527 | 398.1 |
11 | Fram | 327.84 | 9,811 | 29.9 |
12 | General Artigas | 1,337.67 | 12,975 | 9.7 |
13 | General Delgado | 456.06 | 7,894 | 17.3 |
14 | Hohenau | 197.03 | 14,414 | 73.2 |
15 | Itapúa Poty | 523.50 | 16,785 | 32.1 |
16 | Jesús | 143.99 | 6,339 | 44.0 |
17 | José Leandro Oviedo | 129.58 | 4,834 | 37.3 |
18 | La Paz | 239.17 | 3,333 | 13.9 |
19 | Mayor Otaño | 260.28 | 15,196 | 58.4 |
20 | Natalio | 386.03 | 21,227 | 55.0 |
21 | Nueva Alborada | 231.49 | 7,754 | 20.1 |
22 | Obligado | 412.98 | 16,281 | 39.4 |
23 | Pirapó | 838.34 | 8,938 | 10.7 |
24 | San Cosme y Damián | 1,583.43 | 9,712 | 6.1 |
25 | San Juan del Paraná | 103.36 | 9,410 | 91.0 |
26 | San Pedro del Paraná | 1,483.69 | 33,366 | 322.8 |
27 | San Rafael del Paraná | 1,458.79 | 22,831 | 15.7 |
28 | Tomás Romero Pereira | 601.70 | 29,916 | 49.7 |
29 | Trinidad | 176.12 | 9,340 | 53.0 |
30 | Yatytay | 220.74 | 13,182 | 59.7 |
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