San Juan Nepomuceno is a city and district in the

Paraguayan Paraguayans () are the citizens of Paraguay. Though the majority of Paraguayans reside in Paraguay, significant communities have been established in multiple countries, most noticeably Argentina, Spain, United States, Brazil. History The first ...

department of

Caazapá Caazapá () is a city in Paraguay, founded in 1607, by Friar Luis de Bolaños. It is located in the Caazapá District and is the capital of the Caazapá Department. There are five neighbourhoods called "Barrios" in the city: Then main one is the ...

. It has the largest urban conglomeration of the department.

Geography

It lies 249 km southeast of the national capital city, Asuncion, 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 Ñumí (Paraguayan Guaraní, Guaraní: ''Ñumi'') is a district of the Guairá Department, Paraguay. Is located to the south of the city of Villarrica, Paraguay, Villarrica, the capital of the department, and to the east of the San Salvador d ...

. This district is located in the east of the department and shares borders with six districts of

(clockwise: N:

General Higinio Morínigo General Higinio Morínigo is a town in the Caazapá Department of Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and s ...

Abaí Abaí ( Guarani: ''Ava'i'' ) is a district of Caazapá, Paraguay. It is the biggest district of the department and one of the country's biggest agricultural zones. It is divided by the Caazapá Range into two zones: the low zone in which most com ...

; E: Tavaí; S:

Yuty Yuty is a town in the Caazapá Department of Paraguay. Located to 98km to the south of the department capital Caazapa and to 330km to the South East of the national capital Asuncion. Its name origin has two theories. The first claims it comes ...

; W: Buena Vista, Caazapá) and one of the

Itapúa Itapúa () is a department in the southern region of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Encarnación. It is divided into 30 districts, more than any other department in the country. History This department was created after the breakup of the ...

( Alto Verá).

Population

According to the 2002 Census this district has the largest urban area of Caazapá with 6937 inhabitants in its urban conglomeration. Its total population is the third in the department, with 24,243 inhabitants, after

and

. Populated places in the Caazapá Department {{Paraguay-geo-stub