San Pedro Department (Misiones)

San Pedro
Location of San Pedro* in Misiones (Argentina)*
Data
Capital	San Pedro
population	23,736 (2001, INDEC)
surface	3,426 km²
Population density	6.97 inhabitants / km²

The department of San Pedro is located in the northeast of the province of Misiones in northeast Argentina .

It borders on the General Manuel Belgrano Department in the north, Brazil in the east, the Guaraní department in the south and the Montecarlo and Eldorado departments in the west .

The capital of the department of San Pedro is the eponymous San Pedro , which is also the only municipality in the department.

population

According to estimates by INDEC , the population increased from 23,736 inhabitants (2001) to 26,720 inhabitants in 2005.