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San Pedro

Departamento de San Pedro

A toll by the entrance of San Pedro

Flag	Coat of arms

Location of San Pedro, in red, in Paraguay

Country

Paraguay

Region

Oriental

Capital

San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú

Boroughs

20 (See list)

Area

• Total

20,002 km² (7,723 sq mi)

Population

(2012)

• Total

360,094

• Density

18.0029/km² (46.6273/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Sampedrano

Time zone

UTC-04 (AST)

• Summer (DST)

UTC-03 (ADT)

ISO 3166 code

PY-02

Website

Official website: http://sanpedro.gov.py/

The San Pedro department (Spanish: Departamento de San Pedro) 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
Geography
- Limits
- Rivers
- Climate
Districts
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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 20,002 km² (7,723 sq mi), the largest of the Oriental region, with a population of 360,094 for a population density of 18.0.

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.

	Concepción department	Amambay department
Presidente Hayes department		Canindeyú department
	San Pedro

	Caaguazú and Cordillera departments

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, 327 km (203 mi) long, and the Ypané, 323 km (201 mi) long.

Climate

As of 2014^[update], the total amount of precipitation in the city of San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú was 1,783.0 mm (70.2 in). The month with the most precipitation was April with 353.4 mm (13.9 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation was August with 0 mm (0.0 in).

The average temperature for the year 2014 in San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú was 23.7 °C (74.7 °F). The warmest month, on average, was February with an average temperature of 34.7 °C (94.5 °F). The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 13.7 °C (56.7 °F).

Districts

The department is divided in 20 districts:

Districts of the San Pedro department
No.	Districts	Area (km²)	Population (2015)	Density
1	Antequera	&&&&&&&&&&&&0480.&&&&&0480	&&&&&&&&&&&02119.&&&&&02,119	4.4
2	Capiibary	&&&&&&&&&&&&0826.&&&&&0826	&&&&&&&&&&022691.&&&&&022,691	27.5
3	Choré	&&&&&&&&&&&&0965.&&&&&0965	&&&&&&&&&&015402.&&&&&015,402	16.0
4	General Elizardo Aquino	&&&&&&&&&&&&0816.&&&&&0816	&&&&&&&&&&012773.&&&&&012,773	15.7
5	General Isidoro Resquín	&&&&&&&&&&&01075.&&&&&01,075	&&&&&&&&&&013285.&&&&&013,285	12.4
6	Guayaibí	&&&&&&&&&&&01460.&&&&&01,460	&&&&&&&&&&015859.&&&&&015,859	10.9
7	Itacurubí del Rosario	&&&&&&&&&&&&0769.&&&&&0769	&&&&&&&&&&&06137.&&&&&06,137	8.0
8	Liberación	&&&&&&&&&&&&0587.&&&&&0587	&&&&&&&&&&012383.&&&&&012,383	21.1
9	Lima	&&&&&&&&&&&&0658.&&&&&0658	&&&&&&&&&&&06404.&&&&&06,404	9.7
10	Nueva Germania	&&&&&&&&&&&&0657.&&&&&0657	&&&&&&&&&&&03391.&&&&&03,391	5.2
11	San Estanislao	&&&&&&&&&&&01700.&&&&&01,700	&&&&&&&&&&027203.&&&&&027,203	16.0
12	San Pablo	&&&&&&&&&&&&0320.&&&&&0320	&&&&&&&&&&&02016.&&&&&02,016	6.3
13	San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú	&&&&&&&&&&&03176.&&&&&03,176	&&&&&&&&&&017896.&&&&&017,896	5.6
14	Santa Rosa del Aguaray	&&&&&&&&&&&01572.&&&&&01,572	&&&&&&&&&&019415.&&&&&019,415	12.4
15	Tacuatí	&&&&&&&&&&&02283.&&&&&02,283	&&&&&&&&&&&07900.&&&&&07,900	3.5
16	Unión	&&&&&&&&&&&&0587.&&&&&0587	&&&&&&&&&&&03780.&&&&&03,780	6.4
17	Veinticinco de Diciembre	&&&&&&&&&&&&0995.&&&&&0995	&&&&&&&&&&&05414.&&&&&05,414	5.4
18	Villa del Rosario	&&&&&&&&&&&01975.&&&&&01,975	&&&&&&&&&&&05734.&&&&&05,734	2.9
19	Yataity del Norte	&&&&&&&&&&&&0316.&&&&&0316	&&&&&&&&&&&06753.&&&&&06,753	21.4
20	Yrybucuá	&&&&&&&&&&&&0509.&&&&&0509	&&&&&&&&&&&07873.&&&&&07,873	15.5