San Pedro Department, Paraguay

The San Pedro department () is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú. Its ISO 3166-2 code  is PY-02.

The name San Pedro ("Saint Peter") was given after its capital.

History
During the 17th and 18th centuries there was much problems with the people in the region. To help for the economic growth, three towns were started: San Estanislao (1749), Villa del Rosario (1786) and San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú (1786).

San Pedro, the second department of the country, was created by law in 1906, and had the territories of Itacurubí del Rosario, Santa Rosa del Aguaray, Tacuatí, Unión, Ygatimi and Curuguaty, as well as the area of the present Canindeyú department. Its limits were given  finally by the Law 426 of 26 December 1973.

Geography
The San Pedro department is in the north central part of the Oriental region. It has an area of , the largest of the Oriental region, with a population of 360,094 for a population density of .

Limits
 To the north: Concepción and Amambay departments.
 To the east: Amambay and Canindeyú departments.
 To the south: Caaguazú and Cordillera departments.
 To the west: Presidente Hayes department, separated by the Paraguay river.

Rivers
The main river in the department, and of Paraguay, is the Paraguay that makes the western border of the department.

Other rivers are the Jejuí Guazú,  long, and the Ypané,  long.

Climate
, the total amount of precipitation in the city of San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú was . The month with the most precipitation was April with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was August with .

The average temperature for the year 2014 in San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú 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 20 districts:

+ Districts of the San Pedro departmentNo. Districts Area(km²) Population(2015) Density 1Antequera    2Capiibary    3Choré    4General Elizardo Aquino    5General Isidoro Resquín    6Guayaibí    7Itacurubí del Rosario    8Liberación     9Lima    10Nueva Germania    11San Estanislao    12San Pablo    13San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú    14Santa Rosa del Aguaray    15Tacuatí    16Unión    17Veinticinco de Diciembre    18Villa del Rosario    19Yataity del Norte    20Yrybucuá   



Related pages
 Departments of Paraguay
 ISO 3166-2:PY

References

Other websites

 Gobernación de San Pedro website 
 Statoids - Departments of Paraguay

Category:Departments of Paraguay