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) |
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| 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) | |
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Presidente Hayes
San Pedro
Paraguarí
Misiones
Ñeembucú
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| 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) |
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Politics of Paraguay |
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