Departments of Paraguay
Paraguay has 17 departments and one capital district (Distrito Capital). The departments are formed by districts.
The departments are grouped in two geographic regions, separated by the Paraguay river:
- Occidental (Western) region or Chaco, to the north of the Paraguay river (departments: Alto Paraguay, Boquerón and Presidente Hayes)
- Oriental (Eastern) region, to the south of the Paraguay river (departments: Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazú, Caazapá, Canindeyú, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Guairá, Itapúa, Misiones, Paraguarí, San Pedro and Ñeembucú; the capital district is part of this region)
| Code | Department | Capital | Population[1] (2012) |
Area[1] (km²) |
Density (Inh./km²) |
Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY-01 | Concepción | Concepción | 189,929 | 18,051 | 10.5 | 8 |
| PY-02 | San Pedro | San Pedro | 360,094 | 20,002 | 19.9 | 20 |
| PY-03 | Cordillera | Caacupé | 282,981 | 4,948 | 57.2 | 20 |
| PY-04 | Guairá | Villarrica | 198,032 | 3,846 | 51.5 | 18 |
| PY-05 | Caaguazú | Coronel Oviedo | 483,048 | 11,474 | 42.1 | 21 |
| PY-06 | Caazapá | Caazapá | 151,415 | 9,496 | 15.9 | 10 |
| PY-07 | Itapúa | Encarnación | 545,924 | 16,525 | 33.0 | 30 |
| PY-08 | Misiones | San Juan Bautista | 118,798 | 9,556 | 12.4 | 10 |
| PY-09 | Paraguarí | Paraguarí | 239,633 | 8,705 | 27.5 | 17 |
| PY-10 | Alto Paraná | Ciudad del Este | 785,747 | 14,895 | 52.8 | 21 |
| PY-11 | Central | Areguá | 2,221,180 | 2,465 | 901.1 | 19 |
| PY-12 | Ñeembucú | Pilar | 84,123 | 12,147 | 6.9 | 16 |
| PY-13 | Amambay | Pedro Juan Caballero | 125,611 | 12,933 | 9.7 | 4 |
| PY-14 | Canindeyú | Salto del Guairá | 191,447 | 14,667 | 13.1 | 12 |
| PY-15 | Presidente Hayes | Villa Hayes | 106,826 | 72,907 | 1.5 | 8 |
| PY-16 | Alto Paraguay | Fuerte Olimpo | 11,151 | 82,349 | 0.1 | 4 |
| PY-19 | Boquerón | Filadelfia | 61,107 | 91,669 | 0.7 | 3 |
| PY-ASU | Distrito Capital | Asunción | 515,587 | 117 | 4,406.7 | 6 |
| Regions | ||||||
| Oriental (Eastern) | 6,493,547 | 159,827 | 40.6 | |||
| Occidental (Western) or Chaco | 179,084 | 246,925 | 0.7 | |||
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- Statoids - Departments of Paraguay
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