Itapúa

The **Itapúa department** () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Encarnación.

Its ISO 3166-2 code  is **PY-7**.

## Geography

The Itapúa department is in the southeastern part of the country, in the _Oriental_ region. It has an area of , with a estimated population for 2013 of 551,128 for a Population density of .

### Limits

- To the north: Caazapá and Alto Paraná departments.
- To the south and east: Argentina, separated by the Paraná river.
- To the west: Misiones department.

### Rivers

The main river in the department is the Paraná river.

### Climate

, the total amount of precipitation for the year 2012 in the city of Encarnación was . The month with the most precipitation was December with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was January with .

The average temperature for the year 2012 in Encarnación was . The warmest month, on average, was February with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of .

## Districts

The department is divided in 30 districts:

|class="unsortable"|No.|Districts|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2015)</small>|Density|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Alto Verá|||||
|2|Bella Vista|||||
|3|Cambyretá|||||
|4|Capitán Meza|||||
|5|Capitán Miranda|||||
|6|Carlos Antonio López|||||
|7|Carmen del Paraná|||||
|8|Coronel Bogado|||||
|9|Edelira|||||
|10|Encarnación|||||
|11|Fram|||||
|12|General Artigas|||||
|13|General Delgado|||||
|14|Hohenau|||||
|15|Itapúa Poty|||||
|16|Jesús|||||
|17|José Leandro Oviedo|||||
|18|La Paz|||||
|19|Mayor Otaño|||||
|20|Natalio|||||
|21|Nueva Alborada|||||
|22|Obligado|||||
|23|Pirapó|||||
|24|San Cosme y Damián|||||
|25|San Juan del Paraná|||||
|26|San Pedro del Paraná|||||
|27|San Rafael del Paraná|||||
|28|Tomás Romero Pereira|||||
|29|Trinidad|||||
|30|Yatytay|||||

## Related pages

- Departments of Paraguay
- ISO 3166-2:PY

## Other websites

- Gobernación de Itapúa website
- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Itapúa
- **type**: Departments of Paraguay, Department
- **image skyline**: Puente San Roque.jpg
- **image alt**: International bridge that connects Encarnación, (Paraguay), Posadas (Argentina)
- **image caption**: International bridge that connects Encarnación, (Paraguay) with Posadas (Argentina)
- **image flag**: Itapflag.PNG
- **image shield**: Escudo de Itapua, Paraguay.PNG
- **shield size**: 75px
- **image map**: Itapua in Paraguay.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Itapúa, in red, in Paraguay
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: _Oriental_
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Encarnación, Paraguay, Encarnación
- **parts type**: Districts
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 30
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Luis Roberto Gneiting Dichtiar
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 16525
- **population total**: 551128
- **population as of**: 2013
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset1**: -04
- **timezone1 dst**: ADT
- **utc offset1 dst**: -03
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:PY, PY-7
- **website**: [http://www.itapua.gov.py Official website]