Route 17 (Paraguay)
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National Route 17 (officially, ''PY17'', simply known as ''Ruta de la Soberanía'') is a
highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United States, it is also used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or ...
in
Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...
, which runs from
Salto del Guairá Saltos del Guairá () is a city in Paraguay and the capital of Canindeyú department. It is located about 200 km north of Ciudad del Este. It borders the Brazilian municipality of Guaíra, across the Paraná River which marks the border ...
to Pedro Juan Caballero, both on the border with Brazil. It has an extension of , in the northeast of the Eastern Region. The entire route is adjacent to the Maracayú and
Amambai Mountains The Amambaí Mountains (Serra de Amambai, Cordillera de Amambai) are a low range of mountains along part of the Brazil-Paraguay border. In southwest Brasil, it is found in the western Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul ( ) is one of Federativ ...
.


History

With the Resolution N° 1090/19, it obtained its current number and elevated to National Route in 2019 by the MOPC (Ministry of Public Works and Communications).


Distances, cities and towns

The following table shows the distances traversed by National Route 17 in each different department, showing cities and towns that it passes by (or near).


References

{{National Roads in Paraguay 17