ISO 3166-2:PY facts for kids

ISO 3166-2:PY is the entry for Paraguay in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces, departments or states) of all countries that are in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Paraguay, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 capital and 17 departments. The capital of the country Asunción is similar to the departments.

Each code has of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is PY, the second part is either of the following:

• two digits (1–16, 19): departments
• three letters: the capital district, Asunción

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

Code	Subdivision name
PY-ASU	Asunción
PY-16	Alto Paraguay
PY-10	Alto Paraná
PY-13	Amambay
PY-19	Boquerón
PY-05 PY-5	Caaguazú
PY-06 PY-6	Caazapá
PY-14	Canindeyú
PY-11	Central
PY-01 PY-1	Concepción
PY-03 PY-3	Cordillera
PY-04 PY-4	Guairá
PY-07 PY-7	Itapúa
PY-08 PY-8	Misiones
PY-12	N~eembucú Ñeembucú
PY-09 PY-9	Paraguarí
PY-15	Presidente Hayes
PY-02 PY-2	San Pedro

Related pages

• Departments of Paraguay

See also

In Spanish: ISO 3166-2:PY para niños