It is also divided into 2 regions: The "Occidental Region" or Chaco (Boquerón, Alto Paraguay and Presidente Hayes), and the "Oriental Region" (the other departments and the capital district).
These are the departments, with their capitals, population, area and the number of districts:
1.Concepción(Capital:Concepción,Population:179,450,Area:18,051km2)
2.San Pedro(Capital:San Pedro,Population:318,698,Area:20,002km2)
3.Cordillera(Capital:Caacupé,Population:233,854,Area:4,948km2)
4.Guairá(Capital:Villarrica,Population:178,650,Area:3,846km2)
5.Caaguazú(Capital:Coronel Oviedo,Population:435,357,Area:11,474km2)
6.Caazapá(Capital:Caazapá,Population:139,517,Area:9,496km2)
7.Itapúa(Capital:Encarnación,Population:453,692,Area:16,525km2)
8.Misiones(Capital:San Juan Bautista,Population:101,783,Area:9,556km2)
9.Paraguarí(Capital:Paraguarí,Population:221,932,Area:8,705km2)
10.Alto Paraná(Capital:Ciudad del Este,Population:558,672,Area:14,895km2)
11.Central(Capital:Areguá,Population:1,362,893,Area:2,465km2)
12.Ñeembucú(Capital:Pilar,Population:76,348,Area:12,147km2)
13.Amambay(Capital:Pedro Juan Caballero,Population:114,917,Area:12,933km2)
14.Canindeyú(Capital:Salto del Guairá,Population:140.137,Area:14.667km2)
15.Presidente Hayes(Capital:Villa Hayes,Population:82,493,Area:72,907km2)
16.Alto Paraguay(Capital:Fuerte Olimpo,Population:11,587,Area:82,349km2)
17.Boquerón(Capital:Filadelfia,Population:41,106,Area:91,669km2)