Pirapó (District in Paraguay)
Pirapó | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Paraguay |
Department | Itapua |
surface | 860 km² |
Residents | 9200 (2018) |
density | 11 inhabitants per km² |
founding | 12/11/1990 |
ISO 3166-2 | PY-7 |
Coordinates: 26 ° 52 ′ S , 55 ° 33 ′ W
Pirapó is a district in the Itapúa department of Paraguay and was founded on December 11, 1990 .
The Pirapó district extends over an area of 860 km² and has about 9,200 inhabitants. It is surrounded by the neighboring districts of Alto Verá , Itapúa Poty , Obligado , Bella Vista and Capitán Meza . In the south it borders on the Río Paraná and thus on Argentina .
Mainly immigrants from Japan settled in Pirapó , who arrived there from 1960 and are mainly engaged in agriculture.