San Pedro Department (Paraguay)
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A toll in Veinticinco de Diciembre, by the entrance of San Pedro
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 Paraguay
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| Capital | San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú | ||
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| • Governor | Vicente Rodríguez Arévalos (ANR) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 20,002 km2 (7,723 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2002) | |||
| • Total | 318,787 | ||
| • Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-04) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-03) | ||
| Number of Districts | 17 | ||
San Pedro (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpe.ðɾo]) is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú.
During the 17th and 18th centuries there was even greater political and population instability than in Concepción.
The Mbayá and Payagua native tribes threatened all the area between the Ypané (in the north) and Manduvirá (in the south) Rivers and the valley by the Jejuí River.
In 1660 the natives revolted in Arecajá against the postal parcel system, causing the disappearance of this town. To help regenerate this area, the Missions San Estanislao (1749), Villa del Rosario (1786) and San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú (1786) were founded.
The second department of the country, San Pedro, was created by law in 1906, and included the territories of Itacurubí del Rosario, Santa Rosa del Aguaray, Tacuatí, Unión, Ygatimi and Curuguaty, as well as the area of Canindeyú. Its limits were defined finally in 1973.
In 1941, the Bruderhof, an Anabaptist group fleeing Nazi persecution, settled in the area of Rosario. They lived here for over 20 years, founding a hospital. They left for North America in 1966.
Is hometown of important personalities of Paraguayan history, as Vicente Ignacio Iturbe and Juana María de Lara and the musician Rosita Mello, who is from Santaní.
It is located in the center of the Oriental Region, between the parallels 22º00’ and 23º30’ of latitude South and the meridians 58º00’ and 56º06’ of longitude West.
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