Misiones Department

**Misiones** () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of San Juan Bautista. Its ISO 3166-2 code  is **PY-08**.

Its present name was given to the province because it was a region where there were several Jesuit missions.

## History

The town of Yabebyry was established in 1790, and later, the towns of San Miguel and San Juan Bautista were founded. In 1906, the Misiones department was created in 1906, as the _San Ignacio_ department with 8 districts: San Ignacio, Santa Rosa, Santa María, Santiago, San Juan Bautista, San Miguel, Ayolas and Florida. When the department was renamed as Misiones in 1945, its capital was moved from San Ignacio to San Juan Bautista.

## Geography

The Misiones department is in the south of the _Oriental_ region. It has an area of ,  of the area of Paraguay. Its estimated population in 2013 is 119,719 for a population density of  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

Misiones department is relatively flat and several rivers and streams flow through its territory. The northern and southern borders of the department are formed by, respectively, the _Tebicuary_ and the _Paraná_ rivers.

### Limits

- To the north: Paraguarí and Caazapá departments.
- To the east: Itapúa department.
- To the south: Argentina.
- To the west: Ñeembucú department.

### Climate

, the total amount of precipitation for the year 2012 in the city of San Juan Bautista was . The month with the most precipitation was April with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was June with .

The average temperature for the year 2012 in San Juan Bautista 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 22 districts:

|class="unsortable"|No.|Districts|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2015)</small>|Density|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Ayolas|||||
|2|San Ignacio|||||
|3|San Juan Bautista|||||
|4|San Miguel|||||
|5|San Patricio|||||
|6|Santa María|||||
|7|Santa Rosa|||||
|8|Santiago|||||
|9|Villa Florida|||||
|10|Yabebyry|||||

## Economy

The basic economical activity of this department is cattle raising. As for agriculture, the fields are mainly in the north and center of the department.

### Tourism

Its main attractions are the beaches formed by the rivers Paraná and Tebicuary. Villa Florida is a city which offers landscapes to its visitors.

## Related pages

- Departments of Paraguay
- ISO 3166-2:PY

## Other websites

- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Misiones
- **other name**: Departamento de Misiones
- **native name lang**: es
- **type**: Departments of Paraguay, Department
- **image skyline**: Iglesia de Santiago Misiones.JPG
- **image alt**: Santiago church, Misiones
- **image caption**: Santiago church, Misiones
- **image flag**: Departamento de Misiones.jpg
- **flag alt**: Flag of Misiones department
- **image shield**: Misiones department departamento paraguay.JPG
- **shield size**: 75px
- **shield alt**: Coat of arms of Misiones department
- **image map**: Misiones in Paraguay.svg
- **map alt**: Misiones in Paraguay
- **map caption**: Location of Misiones, in red, in Paraguay
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: _Oriental_
- **established title**: Department
- **established date**: 1906
- **established title1**: Renamed
- **established date1**: 1945
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: San Juan Bautista, Paraguay, San Juan Bautista
- **parts style**: para
- **parts type**: Districts
- **p1**: 10 (#Districts, See list)
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Derlis Maidana Zarza
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 9556
- **population total**: 119719
- **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-08