• 18 places

Blank Map of Paraguay

Paraguay’s departments and Asunción, from the wide Chaco in the west to the smaller east.

Blank Map of Paraguay

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Write the name of each numbered place.Answer key

  1. Boquerón
  2. Alto Paraguay
  3. Presidente Hayes
  4. Asunción
  5. Central
  6. Alto Paraná
  7. Amambay
  8. Caaguazú
  9. Caazapá
  10. Canindeyú
  11. Concepción
  12. Cordillera
  13. Guairá
  14. Itapúa
  15. Misiones
  16. Ñeembucú
  17. Paraguarí
  18. San Pedro

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Western Region (the Chaco) 3

  1. Boquerón The largest department, in the far northwest.
  2. Alto Paraguay The northern corner, east of Boquerón.
  3. Presidente Hayes The south of the Chaco, below the other two.

Eastern Region 15

  1. Asunción The capital district, a small shape beside Central.
  2. Central The smallest department, next to Asunción.
  3. Alto Paraná On the eastern border, south of Canindeyú.
  4. Amambay The northeast corner, east of Concepción.
  5. Caaguazú In the middle of the east, west of Alto Paraná.
  6. Caazapá South of Guairá and north of Itapúa.
  7. Canindeyú On the eastern border, north of Alto Paraná.
  8. Concepción The north of the Eastern Region, west of Amambay.
  9. Cordillera A small department just east of Central.
  10. Guairá A small department south of Caaguazú.
  11. Itapúa The southeast corner of the country.
  12. Misiones On the southern border, between Ñeembucú and Itapúa.
  13. Ñeembucú The southwest corner of the Eastern Region.
  14. Paraguarí South of Central and Cordillera.
  15. San Pedro South of Concepción, north of Caaguazú.

How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-10-01; ids and points are the generator's, but for the two points and the ring named below. The list is today's: 17 departments and the capital district of Asunción, 18 shapes. Checked on 2026-10-01 against the ISO 3166-2:PY list as printed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:PY (one capital and 17 departments; every name agrees with the boundary file) and against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_Paraguay (the same 18, the two unofficial regions, the largest and smallest departments). The home page of the national statistics institute, https://www.ine.gov.py/, was read the same day and carries no list of departments. Moved by hand so that every name of the Named sheet has room: the points of Cordillera and Alto Paraná inside their shapes, and the ring of Asunción from (519, 709.2) to (490, 757), farther out across the border and lower, so that its leader line comes down to the name steeply and does not run through it, and so that the ring lies wholly below the view of the Western Region and is not cut by that view's edge in the quiz. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 24.4°S 57°W. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

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This blank map of Paraguay shows its 17 departments and the capital district of Asunción, with Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina drawn plain around them. Switch Borders off and it prints as a plain outline of the country.

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The sheet opens blank. Choose Numbered to put a number on each of the 18 shapes, or Named for their names, then press Print this map. The answer key prints on a sheet of its own.

Two regions

Three large departments fill the west, the region called the Chaco: Boquerón, Alto Paraguay and Presidente Hayes. The other fourteen and Asunción make up the Eastern Region. Asunción is so small that its number stands in a ring beside it.

  • Start with the three big departments of the Chaco, then find Asunción where the west meets the east.

Questions and answers

How many departments does Paraguay have?

Seventeen, plus the capital district of Asunción, which ranks with the departments. The map numbers all 18 shapes.

What is the Chaco on the map?

The Western Region: the three large departments of Boquerón, Alto Paraguay and Presidente Hayes. The other fourteen departments and Asunción make up the Eastern Region. The two regions are unofficial.

Which is the largest department of Paraguay?

Boquerón, in the northwest. The smallest department is Central, next to Asunción, and the capital district itself is smaller still.

Which countries border Paraguay?

Three. Argentina lies to the southeast, south and west, Brazil to the northeast and east, and Bolivia to the north and northwest. Paraguay has no coast. The three neighbors are drawn as plain land, without names.

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