| Concepción | |
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Concepción
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Concepción |
| Concepción | 1773 for Agustín Fernando de Pinedo |
| Government | |
| • Intendente municipal | Luis Herminio Acosta Paniagua (PLRA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,490 km2 (3,278 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 44 m (144 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 76,378 |
| • Density | 9/km2 (23.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-04) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-03) |
| Area code(s) | 8700 |
Concepción is a city in northern Paraguay and capital of the Concepción Department. It lies on the Paraguay River.
Founded by a Spanish Governor, named Agustín Fernado de Pinedo, the town prospered in the early years of the 20th century, as a centre for the north of the country, exploiting the new wealth of the Gran Chaco, and a river port. The town was also a centre for the Paraguayan Civil War of 1947. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay.
Concepción has a humid subtropical climate with abundant precipitation all year-round, with a highly distinct summer peak. Summers are very hot, rainy and often oppressively humid. Severe thunderstorms are very common in the summer, and can often dump copious amounts of rainfall in a short period of time, along with destructively high winds and occasional hail. Winter is much drier and considerably cooler, with near drought-like conditions often prevailing. The Pampero, a bitterly cold southerly wind from Patagonia, frequently blasts Concepción and the surrounding area during winter, often plunging temperatures by several degrees.
| Climate data for Concepción, Paraguay | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 33 (91) |
33 (91) |
32 (90) |
29 (84) |
27 (81) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
33 (91) |
29.5 (85.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28 (82) |
27 (81) |
26 (79) |
24 (75) |
20 (68) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
20 (68) |
22 (72) |
25 (77) |
26 (79) |
27 (81) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
23 (73) |
21 (70) |
19 (66) |
16 (61) |
14 (57) |
13 (55) |
14 (57) |
16 (61) |
19 (66) |
20 (68) |
22 (72) |
18.3 (64.9) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 153 (6.02) |
123 (4.84) |
140 (5.51) |
123 (4.84) |
125 (4.92) |
62 (2.44) |
43 (1.69) |
56 (2.2) |
68 (2.68) |
125 (4.92) |
162 (6.38) |
164 (6.46) |
1,344 (52.91) |
| % humidity | 69 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 70 | 72 |
| Avg. precipitation days | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 92 |
| Source: The Weather Network [1] | |||||||||||||