ISO 3166-2:PY

ISO 3166-2:PY is the entry for Paraguay in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces, departments or states) of all countries that are in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Paraguay, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 capital and 17 departments. The capital of the country Asunción is similar to the departments.

Each code has of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is PY, the second part is either of the following:

  • two digits (1–16, 19): departments
  • three letters: the capital district, Asunción

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).


Code Subdivision name
PY-ASU 20px Asunción
PY-16 20px Alto Paraguay
PY-10 20px Alto Paraná
PY-13 20px Amambay
PY-19 20px Boquerón
PY-5 20px Caaguazú
PY-6 20px Caazapá
PY-14 20px Canindeyú
PY-11 20px Central
PY-1 20px Concepción
PY-3 20px Cordillera
PY-4 20px Guairá
PY-7 20px Itapúa
PY-8 20px Misiones
PY-12 20px Ñeembucú
PY-9 20px Paraguarí
PY-15 20px Presidente Hayes
PY-2 20px San Pedro

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