San Juan Nepomuceno, Paraguay Explained

Official Name:San Juan Nepomuceno
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Paraguay
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Paraguay
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Caazapá
Leader Title:Intendente Municipal
Leader Name:Oscar Derlis Molinas Ruíz (ANR-HC)
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:November 20, 1797 for Lázaro de Rivera y Espinosa
Area Total Km2:1011
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:24243
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:AST
Utc Offset1:-04
Timezone1 Dst:ADT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-03
Coordinates:-26.1167°N -55.93°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:5880
Area Code:(595) (544)

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

Geography

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. This district is located in the east of the department and shares borders 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 24,243 inhabitants, after Yuty and Abaí.