Services San Pedro has well paved roads that travel through the department, link all the districts, and join to national routes “Gral Elizardo Aquino” (Route 3), “Dr. Blas Garay” (Route 8), “Las Residentas” (Route 10) and “Juana de Lara” (Route 11). The Paraguay, Aguray Guazú and Jejuí rivers are navigable and allow the transportation of wood from San Pedro to other localities. There are runways for medium-sized airplanes in the cities of San Estanislao, San Pedro, Villa del Rosario y Lima, which allow access to the city by air. San Pedro has more than 6,000 phone lines installed. The radio stations Ykuamandyju and Ñasaindy transmit in AM, and the stations Santaní, Choré, Amistad, San Estanislao, Tapiracuai, La Voz del Campesino and Libertad transmit in FM. The city also has television channels, a post office, and public transportation. In San Pedro are 54,707 housings: 8,251 in the urban area and 46,456 in the rural area. Education The department has 525 primary schools, 901 basic education schools and 150 high schools (according to the Paraguayan education system). Health There are 101 health establishments distributed throughout the entire department. Tourism In San Pedro City, capital of the department, there is a cathedral from the year 1854, the Señor Francisco Resquín Historical Museum and the House of Culture, which are interesting tourist points. By the Jejuí River, there is a spring, the Ykua Mandyju, which has white sand beaches. In Itacurubí del Rosario, there is another spring, the Ykua Salas, very frequented by tourists. Laguna Blanca, in the district of Santa Rosa del Aguaray, is an ecologic and tourist point, where there is a lake with completely transparent water. In San Estanislao is the House of Culture and Historical Museum, which was the first Jesuit school, before becoming a barrack for the Marshall López, during the Paraguayan War. References Illustrated Geography of Paraguay, 2007. Arami S. R. L. Distributor. Geography of Paraguay, First Edition 1999, Editorial Hispana Paraguay S. R. L. External links SENATUR States and territories established in 1906 1906 establishments in Paraguay