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 ...
consists of 17
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, ...
(; singular – ''departamento)'' and
one capital district (''distrito capital''). The country is divided into two non-official regions: The "Occidental Region" or Chaco (Boquerón, Alto Paraguay and Presidente Hayes), and the "Oriental Region" or Parana (other departments and the capital district).
List
See also
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ISO 3166-2:PY
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List of regions of Paraguay by Human Development Index
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Ranked list of Paraguayan departments
External links
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{{Paraguay topics
Subdivisions of Paraguay
Paraguay, Departments
Departments, Paraguay
Paraguay geography-related lists