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