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Misiones Department

Misiones Department
Administration
Full nameMisiones Department
Native nameDepartamento de Misiones
Native name langes
CountryParaguay
RegionEastern Region
Established1906
Government
CapitalSan Juan Bautista
GovernorAbog. Victor Hugo Pereira
Geography
Total Area3688.6 sq mi (9556 km2)
Area rank12
Demography
Total Population113644 (14) (2007)
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneAST (UTC-04)
- Summer (DST)ADT (UTC-03)
ISO 3166 codePY-8
Number of Districts10

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Misiones is a department located in the southern region of Paraguay. Its capital is San Juan Bautista. The eighth of Paraguay's 17 departments, it was created in 1906, then known as the San Ignacio Department, and was not given its present name until 1945. Its current name reflects its status as home to several Jesuit Reductions, or missions.

Located in a relatively isolated part of the country, far from the capital city of Asunción and other important population centers such as Ciudad del Este and Encarnación, Misiones has remained one of the least developed and poorer departments in the country.

Misiones borders the departments of Paraguarí and Caazapá to the north, Itapúa to the east, Ñeembucú to the west, and the Corrientes Province of Argentina to the south.

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District Area (km2) Population (2002)  
Ayolas 1060 15.219
San Ignacio 2020 24.003
San Juan Btta. 2300 16.563
San Miguel 540 5.253
San Patricio 190 3.570
Santa María 520 7.385
Santa Rosa 1010 17.612
Santiago 740 6.753
Villa Florida 196 2.576
Yabebyry 984 2.854

Divisions and cities of Paraguay

Administrative Subdivisions
Departments (17)Alto Paraguay * Alto Paraná * Amambay * Boquerón * Caaguazú * Caazapá * Canindeyú * Central * Concepción * Cordillera * Guairá * Itapúa * Misiones * Ñeembucú * Paraguarí * Presidente Hayes * San Pedro
Capital District (1)Asunción
Largest cities
Asunción * Ciudad del Este * San Lorenzo * Luque * Capiatá * Lambaré * Fernando de la Mora * Limpio * Ñemby * Encarnación * Mariano Roque Alonso * Pedro Juan Caballero * Villa Elisa
Metropolitan Areas
Gran Asunción * Gran Ciudad del Este



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