Encarnacion

Paraguay

Encarnacion is a district and the capital city of Itapua Department in Paraguay, located at the south-east of the department, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Parana River, opposite Posadas, Argentina. The city has an area of 274 km2.

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Practical facts

Local time

UTC-3 · 3 h ahead of Costa Rica

On the map

27.33° S, 55.87° W

Near Encarnacion

• Puerto Iguazu · 231 km away
• Foz do Iguacu · 238 km away
• Foz do Iguacu · 238 km away
• Asuncion · 286 km away
• Bento Goncalves · 473 km away

More of Paraguay

Landlocked at the heart of South America, Paraguay is one of the continent's best-kept secrets — Jesuit ruins in the south, the Chaco wilderness in the west, and a bilingual culture that holds Guaraní as a co-official…

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