departments of Paraguay
{{Short description|First-level administrative divisions of Paraguay}}
{{Infobox subdivision type
| name = Capital District and Departments of Paraguay
{{lang|es|Distrito Capital y Departamentos de Paraguay}} {{nobold|(Spanish)}}
| alt_name =
| map = {{Paraguay labelled map}}
| category = Unitary state
| territory = Republic of Paraguay
| start_date =
| current_number = 17 departments
1 capital district
| number_date =
| population_range = Departments only:
17,608 (Alto Paraguay) – 1,866,562 (Central)
| area_range = Departments only:
{{Convert|2,465|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} (Central) – {{Convert|91,669|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} (Boquerón)
| government = Departmental governments
| government2 = National government
| subdivision = Districts
}}
{{Politics of Paraguay}}
Paraguay consists of 17 departments ({{langx|es|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).
List
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! scope="col" style="width: 50px;" | ISO 3166-2:PY ! scope="col" style="width: 125px;" | Department ! scope="col" style="width: 125px;" | Capital ! scope="col" style="width: 50px;" | Population (2022 census) ! scope="col" style="width: 50px;" | Area (km2) ! scope="col" style="width: 50px;" | Districts ! scope="col" style="width: 50px;" | Population density (pop./km2) | ||
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| align="right" | ASU | File:Flag of Asunción.svg Distrito Capital
| align="left" | Asunción | align="right" |477,346 | align="right" |117 | align="right" |6 | align="right" |4,080 | |
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| align="right" | 1 | File:Flag of Concepción Department.svg Concepción
| align="left" | Concepción | align="right" |204,536 | align="right" |18,051 | align="right" |11 | align="right" |11.33 | |
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| align="right" | 2 | File:Bandera del Departamento de San Pedro.JPG San Pedro
| align="left" | San Pedro | align="right" |341,895 | align="right" |20,002 | align="right" |20 | align="right" |17.09 | |
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| align="right" | 3 | File:Bandera del Departamento de Cordillera.JPG Cordillera
| align="left" | Caacupé | align="right" |271,475 | align="right" |4,948 | align="right" |20 | align="right" |54.87 | |
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| align="right" | 4 | File:Flag of Guairá Department.svg Guairá | align="left" | Villarrica | align="right" |180,121 | align="right" |3,846 | align="right" |18 | align="right" |46.83 | ||
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| align="right" | 5 | File:Flag of Caaguazú Department.svg Caaguazú
| align="left" | Coronel Oviedo | align="right" |430,142 | align="right" |11,474 | align="right" |23 | align="right" |37.49 | |
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| align="right" | 6 | File:Flag of Caazapá Department.svg Caazapá
| align="left" | Caazapá | align="right" |140,060 | align="right" |9,496 | align="right" |11 | align="right" |14.75 | |
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| align="right" | 7 | File:Flag of Itapúa Department.svg Itapúa
| align="left" | Encarnación | align="right" |436,966 | align="right" |16,525 | align="right" |30 | align="right" |26.44 | |
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| align="right" | 8 | File:Flag of Misiones, Paraguay.svg Misiones | align="left" | San Juan Bautista | align="right" |114,542 | align="right" |9,556 | align="right" |10 | align="right" |11.99 | ||
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| align="right" | 9 | File:Flag of Paraguarí Department.svg Paraguarí | align="left" | Paraguarí | align="right" |199,430 | align="right" |8,705 | align="right" |17 | align="right" |22.91 | ||
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| align="right" | 10 | File:Flag of Alto Paraná Department.svg Alto Paraná
| align="left" |Ciudad del Este | align="right" |784,839 | align="right" |14,895 | align="right" |22 | align="right" |52.69 | |
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| align="right" | 11 | File:Flag of Central Department, Paraguay.svg Central
| align="left" | Areguá | align="right" |1,866,562 | align="right" |2,465 | align="right" |19 | align="right" |757.2 | |
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| align="right" | 12 | File:Flag of Ñeembucú Department.svg Ñeembucú
| align="left" | Pilar | align="right" |85,749 | align="right" |12,147 | align="right" |16 | align="right" |7.06 | |
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| align="right" | 13 | File:Flag of Amambay.svg Amambay
| align="left" | Pedro Juan Caballero | align="right" |173,770 | align="right" |12,933 | align="right" |5 | align="right" |13.44 | |
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| align="right" | 14 | File:Flag of Canindeyú Department.svg Canindeyú
| align="left" | Salto del Guairá | align="right" |189,128 | align="right" |14,667 | align="right" |13 | align="right" |12.89 | |
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| align="right" | 15 | File:Flag of Presidente Hayes Department.svg Presidente Hayes | align="left" | Villa Hayes
| align="right" |126,880 | align="right" |72,907 | align="right" |9 | align="right" |1.74 |
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| align="right" | 16 | File:Flag of Alto Paraguay Department.svg Alto Paraguay
| align="left" | Fuerte Olimpo | align="right" |17,608 | align="right" |82,349 | align="right" |5 | align="right" |0.21 | |
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| align="right" | 17 | File:Flag of Boquerón Department.svg Boquerón
| align="left" | Filadelfia | align="right" |68,595 | align="right" |91,669 | align="right" |6 | align="right" |0.74 | |
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| align="right" | – | {{Flag|Paraguay}}
| align="left" | Asunción | align="right" |6,109,644 | align="right" |406,752 | align="right" |261 | align="right" |15.02 |
See also
External links
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{{Departments of Paraguay}}
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