San Juan del Paraná
San Juan del Paraná | |
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San Juan del Paraná coastline, Paraguay | |
San Juan del Paraná | |
| Coordinates: 27°18′04″S 55°57′43″W / 27.301°S 55.962°W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Itapúa |
| Founded | 1789 |
| Founded by | Joaquín de Alós y Brú |
| Government | |
| • Intendente Municipal | Aldo Numan Lepretti Báez |
| Area | |
• Total | 250 km2 (97 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 7,447 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| Time zone | -4 Gmt |
| Postal code | 6980 |
| Area code | (595) (742) |
San Juan del Paraná is one of the 30 districts of the Itapúa Department, Paraguay.
It is located at the Argentina–Paraguay border, to the west of the city of Encarnación, the capital of the department, and was founded by Joaquín de Alós y Brú in 1789.
Its inhabitants work at low-scale agriculture and to subsistence cattle for subsistence.