Ñeembucú

The **Ñeembucú department** () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Pilar. Its ISO 3166-2 code  is **PY-12**.

The department is almost entirely rural, and there are some of the oldest and best-preserved Jesuit ruins, which are located near the town of Humaitá.

## Geography

The Ñeembucú department is in the southwest of the _Oriental_ region. It has an area of . It is the department with fewest people living in it, with a population of 84,123 for a population density of .

### Limits

- To the north: Central department.
- To the east: Paraguarí and Misiones departments.
- To the south: Argentina
- To the west: Argentina

### Climate

, the total amount of precipitation for the year 2012 in the city of Pilar was . The month with the most precipitation was February with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was August with .

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

## Districts

The department is divided in 16 districts:

|class="unsortable"|No.|Districts|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2015)</small>|Density|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align="left"|Alberdi||||
|2|align="left"|Cerrito||||
|3|align="left"|Desmochados||||
|4|align="left"|General José Eduvigis Díaz||||
|5|align="left"|Guazú Cuá||||
|6|align="left"|Humaitá||||
|7|align="left"|Isla Umbú||||
|8|align="left"|Laureles||||
|9|align="left"|Mayor José J. Martinez||||
|10|align="left"|Paso de Patria||||
|11|align="left"|Pilar||||
|12|align="left"|San Juan Bautista del Ñeembucú||||
|13|align="left"|Tacuaras||||
|14|align="left"|Villa Franca||||
|15|align="left"|Villa Oliva||||
|16|align="left"|Villalbín||||

## Related pages

- Departments of Paraguay
- ISO 3166-2:PY

## Other websites

- Gobernación de Ñeembucú website
- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay
- Secretaria Nacional de Turismo

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Ñeembucú
- **other name**: Departamento de Ñeembucú
- **type**: Departments of Paraguay, Department
- **image skyline**: Humaita 05.jpg
- **image alt**: Ruins of church in Humaitá
- **image caption**: Ruins of church in Humaitá
- **image flag**: Flag of Ñeembucú Department.svg
- **flag alt**: Flag of Ñeembucú department
- **shield size**: 75px
- **shield alt**: Coat of arms of Ñeembucú department
- **image map**: Neembucu in Paraguay.svg
- **map alt**: Neembucu in Paraguay
- **map caption**: Location of Neembucu, in red, in Paraguay
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: _Oriental_
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Pilar, Paraguay, Pilar
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 16 (#Districts, See list)
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Carlos Silva Medina
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 12147
- **population total**: 84123
- **population as of**: 2012
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: Paraguariense
- **timezone1**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset1**: -04
- **timezone1 dst**: ADT
- **utc offset1 dst**: -03
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:PY, PY-12
- **website**: [http://neembucu.gov.py/ Official website]