Paraguay consists of 17 departments (; 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 Area No. of districts Population density ASU Distrito Capital Asunción462,24111763,951 1 Concepción Concepción206,18118,0511111.42 2 San Pedro San Pedro355,17520,0022017.76 3 Cordillera Caacupé268,0374,9482054.17 4 Guairá Villarrica179,5553,8461846.69 5 Caaguazú Coronel Oviedo431,51911,4742337.61 6 Caazapá Caazapá139,4799,4961114.69 7 Itapúa Encarnación449,64216,5253027.21 8 Misiones San Juan Bautista111,1429,5561011.63 9 Paraguarí Paraguarí200,4728,7051723.03 10 Alto Paraná Ciudad del Este763,70214,8952251.27 11 Central Areguá1,883,9272,46519764.3 12 Ñeembucú Pilar76,71912,147166.32 13 Amambay Pedro Juan Caballero179,41212,933513.87 14 Canindeyú Saltos del Guairá191,11414,6671313.03 15 Presidente Hayes Villa Hayes123,31372,90791.69 16 Alto Paraguay Fuerte Olimpo17,19582,34950.21 17 Boquerón Filadelfia71,07891,66960.78 – Asunción6,109,903406,75226115.02
See also ISO 3166-2:PY List of regions of Paraguay by Human Development Index Ranked list of Paraguayan departments
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