Concepción Department, Paraguay

The Concepción department () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Concepción.

Its ISO 3166-2 code  is PY-1.

Geography
The Concepción department is in the central part of the country, in the northwest of the Oriental region. It has an area of , with a population of 189,929 for a Population density of .

Limits
 To the north: Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil), separated by the Apa river.
 To the south: San Pedro department, separated by the Ypané river.
 To the east: Amambay department.
 To the west: Presidente Hayes and Alto Paraguay departments, separated from them by the Paraguay river.

Rivers
The main river in the department is the Paraguay river. Other rivers are the Apa and the Ypané.

Climate
, the total amount of precipitation for the year 2012 in the city of Concepción was . The month with the most precipitation  was March with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was August with .

The average temperature for the year 2012 in Concepción 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 11 districts:

+ Districts of the Concepción departmentNo. Districts Area(km²) Population(2015) Density 1Azotey    2Belén    3Concepción    4Horqueta    5Loreto    6Paso Barreto    7San Alfredo    8San Carlos del Apa    9San Lázaro    10Sargento José Félix López    11Yby Ya'ú   

Related pages
 Departments of Paraguay
 ISO 3166-2:PY

References

Other websites

 Gobernación de Concepción website 
 Statoids - Departments of Paraguay

Category:Departments of Paraguay