Capital District and Departments of Paraguay
Distrito Capital y Departamentos de Paraguay (Spanish)
CategoryUnitary State
LocationParaguay
Number17 Departments
1 Capital District
PopulationsDepartments only: 17,608(Alto Paraguay) – 1,866,562(Central)
AreasDepartments only: 2,470 km2 (952 sq mi) (Central) – 91,670 km2 (35,394 sq mi) (Boquerón)
Government
Subdivisions

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).

ISO 3166-2:PY Department Capital Population (2022 census) Area (km2) Districts Population density (pop./km2)
ASUAsunción2 Distrito Capital Asunción 477,346 1176 4377
1Departamento de Concepción Concepción Concepción 204,536 18,05111 9.941
2Departamento de San Pedro San Pedro San Pedro 341,895 20,00220 15.93
3Departamento de Cordillera Cordillera Caacupé 271,475 4,94820 47.26
4 Departamento de Guairá Guairá Villarrica 180,121 3,84618 46.45
5Departamento de Caaguazú Caaguazú Coronel Oviedo 430,142 11,47423 37.94
6Departamento de Caazapá Caazapá Caazapá 140,060 9,49611 14.69
7Departamento de Itapúa Itapúa Encarnación 436,966 16,52530 27.45
8 Departamento de Misiones Misiones San Juan Bautista 114,542 9,55610 10.65
9 Departamento de Paraguarí Paraguarí Paraguarí 199,430 8,70517 25.49
10Departamento de Alto Paraná Alto Paraná Ciudad del Este 784,839 14,89522 37.51
11Departamento Central Central Areguá 1,866,562 2,46519 552.9
12Departamento de Ñeembucú Ñeembucú Pilar 85,749 12,14716 6.285
13Departamento de Amambay Amambay Pedro Juan Caballero 173,770 12,9335 8.886
14Departamento de Canindeyú Canindeyú Salto del Guairá 189,128 14,66713 9.555
15Departamento de Presidente Hayes Presidente HayesVilla Hayes 126,880 72,9079 1.131
16Departamento de Alto Paraguay Alto Paraguay Fuerte Olimpo 17,608 82,3495 0.1407
17Departamento de Boquerón Boquerón Filadelfia 68,595 91,6696 0.4484
-Paraguay Asunción 6,109,644 406,752261 12.69

See also

  • "Departments of Paraguay". Statoids.
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