Departments of Paraguay

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)
ASU	Distrito Capital	Asunción	477,346	117	6	4377
1	Concepción	Concepción	204,536	18,051	11	9.941
2	San Pedro	San Pedro	341,895	20,002	20	15.93
3	Cordillera	Caacupé	271,475	4,948	20	47.26
4	Guairá	Villarrica	180,121	3,846	18	46.45
5	Caaguazú	Coronel Oviedo	430,142	11,474	23	37.94
6	Caazapá	Caazapá	140,060	9,496	11	14.69
7	Itapúa	Encarnación	436,966	16,525	30	27.45
8	Misiones	San Juan Bautista	114,542	9,556	10	10.65
9	Paraguarí	Paraguarí	199,430	8,705	17	25.49
10	Alto Paraná	Ciudad del Este	784,839	14,895	22	37.51
11	Central	Areguá	1,866,562	2,465	19	552.9
12	Ñeembucú	Pilar	85,749	12,147	16	6.285
13	Amambay	Pedro Juan Caballero	173,770	12,933	5	8.886
14	Canindeyú	Salto del Guairá	189,128	14,667	13	9.555
15	Presidente Hayes	Villa Hayes	126,880	72,907	9	1.131
16	Alto Paraguay	Fuerte Olimpo	17,608	82,349	5	0.1407
17	Boquerón	Filadelfia	68,595	91,669	6	0.4484
-	Paraguay	Asunción	6,109,644	406,752	261	12.69

Capital District and Departments of Paraguay Distrito Capital y 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	Paraguay
Number	17 Departments 1 Capital District
Populations	Departments only: 17,608(Alto Paraguay) – 1,866,562(Central)
Areas	Departments only: 2,470 km2 (952 sq mi) (Central) – 91,670 km2 (35,394 sq mi) (Boquerón)
Government	Department government, National government
Subdivisions	Districts

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