Departments of Paraguay

Departments of Paraguay
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Paraguay consists of 17 departments (Spanish: departamentos; singular – departamento) and one capital district (distrito capital). These are, with their capitals indicated in parentheses:

  1. Alto Paraguay (Fuerte Olimpo)
  2. Alto Paraná (Ciudad del Este)
  3. Amambay (Pedro Juan Caballero)
  4. Asunción Capital District (Asunción)
  5. Boquerón (Filadelfia)
  6. Caaguazú (Coronel Oviedo)
  7. Caazapá (Caazapá)
  8. Canindeyú (Salto del Guairá)
  9. Central (Areguá)
  10. Concepción (Concepción)
  11. Cordillera (Caacupé)
  12. Guairá (Villarrica)
  13. Itapúa (Encarnación)
  14. Misiones (San Juan Bautista)
  15. Ñeembucú (Pilar)
  16. Paraguarí (Paraguarí)
  17. Presidente Hayes (Villa Hayes)
  18. San Pedro (San Pedro)


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