Departments of Paraguay

Capital District and Departments of Paraguay Distrito Capital y los Departamentos de Paraguay (Spanish)
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
Category	Unitary State
Location	Republic of Paraguay
Number	17 Departments 1 Capital District
Populations	Departments only: 15,008 (Alto Paraguay) – 1,929,834 (Central)
Areas	Departments only: 14,670 km2 (5,663 sq mi) (Canindeyú) – 91,670 km2 (35,394 sq mi) (Boquerón)
Government	Department government, National government
Subdivisions	Districts

Paraguay consists of 17 departments (Spanish: departamentos; singular – departamento) and one capital district (distrito capital).

The country is divided into two regions: The "Occidental Region" or Chaco (Boquerón, Alto Paraguay and Presidente Hayes), and the "Oriental Region" (other departments and the capital district).

ISO 3166-2:PY	Department	Capital	Population (2002 census)	Area (km²)	Districts
ASU	Distrito Capital	Asunción	512,112	117	6
1	Concepción	Concepción	179,450	18,051	11
2	San Pedro	San Pedro	318,698	20,002	20
3	Cordillera	Caacupé	233,854	4,948	20
4	Guairá	Villarrica	178,650	3,846	18
5	Caaguazú	Coronel Oviedo	435,357	11,474	23
6	Caazapá	Caazapá	139,517	9,496	11
7	Itapúa	Encarnación	453,692	16,525	30
8	Misiones	San Juan Bautista	101,783	9,556	10
9	Paraguarí	Paraguarí	221,932	8,705	17
10	Alto Paraná	Ciudad del Este	558,672	14,895	22
11	Central	Areguá	1,362,893	2,465	19
12	Ñeembucú	Pilar	76,348	12,147	16
13	Amambay	Pedro Juan Caballero	114,917	12,933	5
14	Canindeyú	Salto del Guairá	140,137	14,667	13
15	Presidente Hayes	Villa Hayes	82,493	72,907	9
16	Alto Paraguay	Fuerte Olimpo	11,587	82,349	5
17	Boquerón	Filadelfia	41,106	91,669	6
-	Paraguay	Asunción	5,163,198	406,752	261

See also

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

External links

• "Departments of Paraguay". Statoids.