San Juan Nepomuceno, Paraguay
City in Caazapá, Paraguay
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San Juan Nepomuceno is a city and district in the Paraguayan department of Caazapá. It has the largest urban conglomeration of the department.
FoundedNovember 20, 1797 for Lázaro de Rivera y Espinosa
Postal code
5880
San Juan Nepomuceno | |
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  San Juan Nepomuceno | |
| Coordinates: 26°07′00″S 55°55′48″W | |
| Country |  Paraguay |
| Department | Caazapá |
| Founded | November 20, 1797 for Lázaro de Rivera y Espinosa |
| Government | |
| • Intendente Municipal | Oscar Derlis Molinas Ruíz (ANR-HC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,011 km2 (390 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 28,233 |
| • Density | 27.93/km2 (72.33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-04 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (ADT) |
| Postal code | 5880 |
| Area code | (595) (544) |
Geography
It lies 249 km southeast of the national capital city, Asunción, 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).
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