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:

+ Districts of the Itapúa departmentNo. Districts Area(km²) Population(2015) 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

References

Other websites

 Gobernación de Itapúa website  
 Statoids - Departments of Paraguay

Category:Departments of Paraguay