San Juan Nepomuceno, Paraguay

San Juan Nepomuceno
San Juan Nepomuceno is located in Paraguay
San Juan Nepomuceno
San Juan Nepomuceno
Coordinates: 26°07′00″S 55°55′48″W / 26.11667°S 55.93000°W / -26.11667; -55.93000
Country Paraguay
DepartmentCaazapá
FoundedNovember 20, 1797 for Lázaro de Rivera y Espinosa
Government
 • Intendente MunicipalOscar Derlis Molinas Ruíz (ANR-HC)
Area
 • Total
1,011 km2 (390 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
28,233
 • Density27.93/km2 (72.33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-04 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-03 (ADT)
Postal code
5880
Area code(595) (544)

San Juan Nepomuceno is a city and district in the Paraguayan department of Caazapá. It has the largest urban conglomeration of the department.

Geography

It lies 249 km southeast of the national capital city, Asunción, at the terminus of the Blas Garay highway. Blas Garay is a spur of the national highway Number 8 and forks at a crossroads near the town of Ñumí. This district is located in the east of the department and shares borders with six districts of Caazapá (clockwise: N: General Higinio Morínigo, Abaí; E: Tavaí; S: Yuty; W: Buena Vista, Caazapá) and one of the Itapúa (Alto Verá).