Departments of Paraguay
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).
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Departament |
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 |
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