Departments of Paraguay

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Paraguay consists of 17 departments (Spanish: departamentos; singular – departamento) and one capital district (distrito capital). These are, with their capitals indicated in parentheses:

• Capital district - (Asunción)
  1. Concepción - (Concepción)
  2. San Pedro - (San Pedro)
  3. Cordillera - (Caacupé)
  4. Guairá - (Villarrica)
  5. Caaguazú - (Coronel Oviedo)
  6. Caazapá - (Caazapá)
  7. Itapúa - (Encarnación)
  8. Misiones - (San Juan Bautista)
  9. Paraguarí - (Paraguarí)
  10. Alto Paraná - (Ciudad del Este)
  11. Central - (Areguá)
  12. Ñeembucú - (Pilar)
  13. Amambay - (Pedro Juan Caballero)
  14. Canindeyú - (Salto del Guairá)
  15. Presidente Hayes - (Villa Hayes)
  16. Alto Paraguay - (Fuerte Olimpo)
  17. Boquerón - (Filadelfia)

Alto Paraguay

Boquerón

Presidente Hayes

Amambay

Concepción

San Pedro

Distrito Capital

Guairá

Caazapá

Alto
Paraná

Caaguazú

Canindeyú

Itapúa

Paraguarí

Misiones

Ñeembucú

Cordillera

Central

Brazil

Bolivia

Argentina

See also

• Ranked list of Paraguayan departments
• ISO 3166-2:PY

External links

• Departments of Paraguay at statoids.com