Itapúa Department

Itapúa is a department in Paraguay, it is one of 17 administrative districts. It is bordered to the north by the departments Caazapá and Alto Paraná, on the west by the department of Misiones and in the south and east by the Río Paraná, on the other hand, the Argentine province of Misiones is located.

Population

The first inhabitants of this region were the Guaraní, the name Itapúa could therefore from the Guaraní words Itá Púa ( upright stone) or PUVA Itá derive ( sounding stone).

Today live in Itapúa addition to the descendants of the Guaraní and Spanish immigrants and the descendants of many other nations. So are the districts Bella Vista, Capitán Meza, Hohenau, Nueva Alborada and Obligado German colonies, and the districts Fram, La Paz and Pirapó were founded by Japanese.

About 60 percent of the population lives in the districts of Encarnación, San Pedro del Paraná, Tomás Romero Pereira, Edelira, Natalio, Capitán Meza, San Rafael del Parana, Alto Vera and Coronel Bogado. Between 1982 and 1992, a population growth of 3.6 percent was recorded.

Nature

In the north of Itapúa the southern part of the National Park Serranías de San Rafael San Rafael across the districts del Paraná, Tomás Romero Pereira, Edelira, Itapúa Poty, Alto Vera and San Pedro del Paraná extends. The northern part belongs to the Department of Caazapá.

Culture

In the districts of Jesús and Trinidad are ruins of former Jesuit reductions. They were declared on 11 December 1993 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. A further reduction can be found in San Cosme y Damián.

Districts

  • Alto Vera
  • Bella Vista
  • Cambyretá
  • Capitán Meza
  • Capitán Miranda
  • Carlos Antonio López
  • Carmen del Paraná
  • Coronel Bogado
  • Edelira
  • Encarnación
  • Fram
  • General Artigas
  • General Delgado
  • Hohenau
  • Itapúa Poty
  • Jesús
  • José Leandro Oviedo
  • La Paz
  • Mayor Julio D. Otaño
  • Natalio
  • Nueva Alborada
  • Obligado
  • Pirapó
  • San Cosme y Damián
  • San Juan del Paraná
  • San Pedro del Paraná
  • San Rafael del Parana
  • Tomás Romero Pereira
  • Trinidad
  • Yatytay

Alto Paraguay | Alto Paraná | Amambay | Boqueron | Caaguazú | Caazapá | Canindeyú | Central | Concepcion | Cordillera | Guairá | Itapúa | Misiones | Ñeembucú | Paraguarí | Presidente Hayes | San Pedro | capital district: Asunción

Argentina Misiones Province Fram, Paraguay Trinidad, Paraguay Departments of Paraguay Presidente Hayes Department San Pedro Department, Paraguay Integrated Authority File
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