Departments of Paraguay

Paraguay has 17 departments and one capital district (Distrito Capital). The departments are formed by districts.

The departments are grouped in two geographic regions, separated by the Paraguay river:

Occidental (Western) region or Chaco, to the north of the Paraguay river (departments: Alto Paraguay, Boquerón and Presidente Hayes)
Oriental (Eastern) region, to the south of the Paraguay river (departments: Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazú, Caazapá, Canindeyú, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Guairá, Itapúa, Misiones, Paraguarí, San Pedro and Ñeembucú; the capital district is part of this region)

Departments of Paraguay
Code	Department	Capital	Population^[1] (2012)	Area^[1] (km²)	Density (Inh./km²)	Districts
PY-01	Concepción	Concepción	189,929	18,051	10.5	8
PY-02	San Pedro	San Pedro	360,094	20,002	19.9	20
PY-03	Cordillera	Caacupé	282,981	4,948	57.2	20
PY-04	Guairá	Villarrica	198,032	3,846	51.5	18
PY-05	Caaguazú	Coronel Oviedo	483,048	11,474	42.1	21
PY-06	Caazapá	Caazapá	151,415	9,496	15.9	10
PY-07	Itapúa	Encarnación	545,924	16,525	33.0	30
PY-08	Misiones	San Juan Bautista	118,798	9,556	12.4	10
PY-09	Paraguarí	Paraguarí	239,633	8,705	27.5	17
PY-10	Alto Paraná	Ciudad del Este	785,747	14,895	52.8	21
PY-11	Central	Areguá	2,221,180	2,465	901.1	19
PY-12	Ñeembucú	Pilar	84,123	12,147	6.9	16
PY-13	Amambay	Pedro Juan Caballero	125,611	12,933	9.7	4
PY-14	Canindeyú	Salto del Guairá	191,447	14,667	13.1	12
PY-15	Presidente Hayes	Villa Hayes	106,826	72,907	1.5	8
PY-16	Alto Paraguay	Fuerte Olimpo	11,151	82,349	0.1	4
PY-19	Boquerón	Filadelfia	61,107	91,669	0.7	3
PY-ASU	Distrito Capital	Asunción	515,587	117	4,406.7	6
Regions
Oriental (Eastern)			6,493,547	159,827	40.6
Occidental (Western) or Chaco			179,084	246,925	0.7