Central_department Central_department

Central department - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Area, Arena, Bailiwick, Beat, Belt, Border, Borderland, Branch, Bureau, Circle, Circuit, Commissariat, Concern, Constabulary, Control, Corridor, Country, Demesne, Discipline, District, Division, Domain
Statistics
Capital:Areguá
Area:2,465 km²
Inhabitants:1,363,399 (2002)
Pop. density:553 inh./km²
ISO 3166-2:PA-11
Map
Map of Paraguay highlighting the department


Central is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Areguá.

The department is divided in 19 districts:

  1. Areguá
  2. Capiatá
  3. Fernando de la Mora
  4. Guarambaré
  5. Itá
  6. Itauguá
  7. Juan Augusto Saldívar
  8. Lambaré
  9. Limpio
  10. Luque
  11. Mariano Roque Alonso
  12. Ñemby
  13. Nueva Italia
  14. San Antonio
  15. San Lorenzo
  16. Villa Elisa
  17. Villeta
  18. Ypacaraí
  19. Ypané

Becoming effective on July 2 1993 Areguá has become capital of the department. Previously it was administrated from the national capital Asunción.


Departments of Paraguay Flag of Paraguay
Alto Paraguay - Alto Paraná - Amambay - Asunción - Boquerón - Caaguazú - Caazapá - Canindeyú - Central - Concepción - Cordillera - Guairá - Itapúa - Misiones - Ñeembucú - Paraguarí - Presidente Hayes - San Pedro
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