Encarnacion

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Encarnacion

Total population

127,600

Coordinates-27.34°, -55.87°

Demographic figures from INE Paraguay. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Encarnación is a district and the capital city of Itapúa Department in Paraguay, located at the south-east of the department, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Posadas, Argentina. The city has an area of 274 km2 and a population of 106,842, and the Greater Encarnacion area has a population of around 200,000. Encarnación is the third-largest city of Paraguay. The city was originally named Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación de Itapúa, and is considered the capital of summer by most of its inhabitants.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.