San Cosme y Damián (District in Paraguay)

San Cosme y Damián
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Basic data
Country	Paraguay
Department	Itapua
surface	200 km²
Residents	6780
density	34 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	PY-7
Cistern and sundial in San Cosme y Damián

Coordinates: 27 ° 19 ′  S , 56 ° 20 ′  W

San Cosme y Damián is a district in the Itapúa department of Paraguay . It extends over an area of ​​200 square kilometers and has about 6,780 inhabitants. The district is surrounded by the neighboring districts of Coronel Bogado and General Delgado , in the west it borders on the Departamento Misiones and in the south, separated by the Río Paraná , on Argentina .

In 1632 the Jesuit priest Adriano Formoso founded the Jesuit Reduction San Cosme y Damián in this place.