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Departments of Paraguay

Paraguay consists of 17 departments (Spanish: departamentos; singular – departamento) and one capital district (distrito capital). The country is divided into two non-official regions: The "Occidental Region" or Chaco (Boquerón, Alto Paraguay and Presidente Hayes), and the "Oriental Region" or Parana (other departments and the capital district).

Capital District and Departments of Paraguay
Distrito Capital y Departamentos de Paraguay (Spanish)
CategoryUnitary state
LocationRepublic of Paraguay
Number17 departments
1 capital district
PopulationsDepartments only:
17,608 (Alto Paraguay) – 1,866,562 (Central)
AreasDepartments only:
2,465 km2 (952 sq mi) (Central) – 91,669 km2 (35,394 sq mi) (Boquerón)
Government
Subdivisions

List

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ISO 3166-2:PY Department Capital Population (2022 census) Area (km2) Districts Population density (pop./km2)
ASU   Distrito Capital Asunción 477,346 117 6 4,080
1   Concepción Concepción 204,536 18,051 11 11.33
2   San Pedro San Pedro 341,895 20,002 20 17.09
3   Cordillera Caacupé 271,475 4,948 20 54.87
4   Guairá Villarrica 180,121 3,846 18 46.83
5   Caaguazú Coronel Oviedo 430,142 11,474 23 37.49
6   Caazapá Caazapá 140,060 9,496 11 14.75
7   Itapúa Encarnación 436,966 16,525 30 26.44
8   Misiones San Juan Bautista 114,542 9,556 10 11.99
9   Paraguarí Paraguarí 199,430 8,705 17 22.91
10   Alto Paraná Ciudad del Este 784,839 14,895 22 52.69
11   Central Areguá 1,866,562 2,465 19 757.2
12   Ñeembucú Pilar 85,749 12,147 16 7.06
13   Amambay Pedro Juan Caballero 173,770 12,933 5 13.44
14   Canindeyú Salto del Guairá 189,128 14,667 13 12.89
15   Presidente Hayes Villa Hayes 126,880 72,907 9 1.74
16   Alto Paraguay Fuerte Olimpo 17,608 82,349 5 0.21
17   Boquerón Filadelfia 68,595 91,669 6 0.74
–   Paraguay Asunción 6,109,644 406,752 261 15.02

See also

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  • "Departments of Paraguay". Statoids.
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