[2] Encarnación is connected to the Argentine city of Posadas by the San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge and the International Train.

[2] The city is an important financing centre of Paraguay and maintains a commercial relationship with Argentine Posadas.

[5] Most of the inhabitants are of mixed Spanish and Amerindian descent as in the rest of Paraguay but there are also minorities of Germans, Ukrainians and Poles[citation needed].

[7] That mission was relocated to the north side in the current location of the city in 1703 under the name Encarncación de Itapua.

[1] Affordable contracts for work in certain business places, as bars, restaurants, discos and casinos, are easy to find in Encarnación.

The city is located near the Jesús and Trinidad Jesuit Ruins, declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 1993, and the Beach in Carmen del Paraná.

[2] Due its location, at the Argentina–Paraguay border, the area is characterized by a high commercial and tourist exchange between Paraguay and Argentina.

[2] Different clubs will compete against each other on a parade in which they will be qualified by a group of judges under the following criteria: originality, design, charisma, dance, rhythm, beauty, and elegance.

[15] The city is located at the south-east of the department, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Posadas, Argentina.