ISO 3166-2:PY

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 or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Paraguay, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for one capital and 17 departments. The capital of the country Asunción has special status equal to the departments.

Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is PY, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Paraguay. The second part is either of the following:

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

Current codes

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

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Code	Subdivision name (es)	Subdivision name (en) [note 1]	Subdivision category
PY-16	Alto Paraguay	Upper Paraguay	department
PY-10	Alto Paraná	Upper Parana	department
PY-13	Amambay	Amambay	department
PY-ASU	Asunción	Asuncion	capital
PY-19	Boquerón	Boqueron	department
PY-5	Caaguazú	Caaguazu	department
PY-6	Caazapá	Caazapa	department
PY-14	Canindeyú	Canindeyu	department
PY-11	Central	Central	department
PY-1	Concepción	Concepcion	department
PY-3	Cordillera	Cordillera	department
PY-4	Guairá	Guaira	department
PY-7	Itapúa	Itapua	department
PY-8	Misiones	Misiones	department
PY-12	Ñeembucú	Neembucu	department
PY-9	Paraguarí	Paraguari	department
PY-15	Presidente Hayes	President Hayes	department
PY-2	San Pedro	Saint Peter	department

Notes

1. For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

See also

• Subdivisions of Paraguay
• FIPS region codes of Paraguay
• Neighbouring countries: AR, BO, BR

External links

• ISO Online Browsing Platform: PY
• Departments of Paraguay, Statoids.com