Departments of Paraguay
Paraguay consists of 17 departments '' and one capital district. The country is divided into two regions: The "Occidental Region" or Chaco, and the "Oriental Region".
| Department | Capital | Population | Area | Districts | Population density |
ASU | Distrito Capital | Asunción | 512,112 | 117 | 6 | 4377 |
1 | Concepción | Concepción | 179,450 | 18,051 | 11 | 9.941 |
2 | San Pedro | San Pedro | 318,698 | 20,002 | 20 | 15.93 |
3 | Cordillera | Caacupé | 233,854 | 4,948 | 20 | 47.26 |
4 | Guairá | Villarrica | 178,650 | 3,846 | 18 | 46.45 |
5 | Caaguazú | Coronel Oviedo | 435,357 | 11,474 | 23 | 37.94 |
6 | Caazapá | Caazapá | 139,517 | 9,496 | 11 | 14.69 |
7 | Itapúa | Encarnación | 453,692 | 16,525 | 30 | 27.45 |
8 | Misiones | San Juan Bautista | 101,783 | 9,556 | 10 | 10.65 |
9 | Paraguarí | Paraguarí | 221,932 | 8,705 | 17 | 25.49 |
10 | Alto Paraná | Ciudad del Este | 558,672 | 14,895 | 22 | 37.51 |
11 | Central | Areguá | 1,362,893 | 2,465 | 19 | 552.9 |
12 | Ñeembucú | Pilar | 76,348 | 12,147 | 16 | 6.285 |
13 | Amambay | Pedro Juan Caballero | 114,917 | 12,933 | 5 | 8.886 |
14 | Canindeyú | Salto del Guairá | 140,137 | 14,667 | 13 | 9.555 |
15 | Presidente Hayes | Villa Hayes | 82,493 | 72,907 | 9 | 1.131 |
16 | Alto Paraguay | Fuerte Olimpo | 11,587 | 82,349 | 5 | 0.1407 |
17 | Boquerón | Filadelfia | 41,106 | 91,669 | 6 | 0.4484 |
- | Paraguay | Asunción | 5,163,198 | 406,752 | 261 | 12.69 |