National Route 5 (in Spanish, ''Ruta Nacional Número 5 "Gral. Bernardino Caballero"'', or simply ''Ruta Quinta'') is a

highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...

in northern

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

, it runs from Fortín Pilcomayo to Pedro Juan Caballero. It crosses 3

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, Presidente Hayes, Concepcion, and

Amambay Amambay () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Pedro Juan Caballero. The name comes from the name of a part of the Caaguazú Cordillera, " Amambai Mountains". Amambay is the name of a fern, typical of the forest in the region. Distri ...

Distances and important cities

The following table shows the distances traversed by National Route 5 in each different department, and important cities that it passes by (or near). {{National Roads in Paraguay 5 Presidente Hayes Department Concepción Department, Paraguay Amambay Department