ISO 3166-2:PY

Short description: Entry for Paraguay in ISO 3166-2

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 1 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)	Subdivision category
PY-16	Template:Country data Alto Paraguay	Upper Paraguay	department
PY-10	Template:Country data Alto Paraná	Upper Parana	department
PY-13	Template:Country data Amambay	Amambay	department
PY-ASU	Template:Country data Asunción	Assumption	capital
PY-19	Template:Country data Boquerón	Boquerón	department
PY-5	Template:Country data Caaguazú	Caaguazú	department
PY-6	Template:Country data Caazapá	Caazapá	department
PY-14	Template:Country data Canindeyú	Canindeyú	department
PY-11	Template:Country data Central	Central	department
PY-1	Template:Country data Concepción, Paraguay	Conception	department
PY-3	Template:Country data Cordillera	Mountains	department
PY-4	Template:Country data Guairá	Guairá	department
PY-7	Template:Country data Itapúa	Itapúa	department
PY-8	Template:Country data Misiones	Misiones	department
PY-12	Template:Country data Ñeembucú	Ñeembucú	department
PY-9	Template:Country data Paraguarí	Paraguarí	department
PY-15	Template:Country data Presidente Hayes	President Hayes	department
PY-2	Template:Country data San Pedro, Paraguay	Saint Pedro	department

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