Departments of Paraguay

Paraguay consists of 17 departments (Template:Langx; 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).

List

ISO 3166-2:PY	Department	Capital	Population (2022 census)	Area (km2)	Districts	Population density (pop./km2)
ASU	Asunción2 Distrito Capital	Asunción	477,346	117	6	4,080
1	Departamento de Concepción Concepción	Concepción	204,536	18,051	11	11.33
2	Departamento de San Pedro San Pedro	San Pedro	341,895	20,002	20	17.09
3	Departamento de Cordillera Cordillera	Caacupé	271,475	4,948	20	54.87
4	Departamento de Guairá Guairá	Villarrica	180,121	3,846	18	46.83
5	Departamento de Caaguazú Caaguazú	Coronel Oviedo	430,142	11,474	23	37.49
6	Departamento de Caazapá Caazapá	Caazapá	140,060	9,496	11	14.75
7	Departamento de Itapúa Itapúa	Encarnación	436,966	16,525	30	26.44
8	Departamento de Misiones Misiones	San Juan Bautista	114,542	9,556	10	11.99
9	Departamento de Paraguarí Paraguarí	Paraguarí	199,430	8,705	17	22.91
10	Departamento de Alto Paraná Alto Paraná	Ciudad del Este	784,839	14,895	22	52.69
11	Departamento Central Central	Areguá	1,866,562	2,465	19	757.2
12	Departamento de Ñeembucú Ñeembucú	Pilar	85,749	12,147	16	7.06
13	Departamento de Amambay Amambay	Pedro Juan Caballero	173,770	12,933	5	13.44
14	Departamento de Canindeyú Canindeyú	Saltos del Guairá	189,128	14,667	13	12.89
15	Departamento de Presidente Hayes Presidente Hayes	Villa Hayes	126,880	72,907	9	1.74
16	Departamento de Alto Paraguay Alto Paraguay	Fuerte Olimpo	17,608	82,349	5	0.21
17	Departamento de Boquerón Boquerón	Filadelfia	68,595	91,669	6	0.74
–	Template:Flag	Asunción	6,109,644	406,752	261	15.02

See also

• ISO 3166-2:PY
• List of regions of Paraguay by Human Development Index
• Ranked list of Paraguayan departments

External links

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