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Encarnacion

Encarnacion

Encarnación is a district and the capital city of Itapúa Department in Paraguay, located at the south-east of the department, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Posadas, Argentina.

Plan a trip to Encarnacion From Ciudad del Este

The city has an area of 274 km2

and a population of 106,842, and the Greater Encarnacion area has a population of around 200,000. Encarnación is the third-largest city of Paraguay. The city was originally named Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación de Itapúa.

How locals move

Getting around Encarnacion the local way

  • Go nextEsteros del Ibera - can be reached by hiring a private 4x4 with driver for ~AR$1,000 one way.

From Wikivoyage: Posadas, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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