Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

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International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 30th May 2021

In Spanish:

   dd/mm/yyyy

   14:32

In Guaraní:

   yyyy-mm-dd

   14:32

Paraguay has 21 languages. The official language, Spanish , is spoken by no more than 110 000 people. The most widespread language is Paraguayan Guaraní , with 4 648 000 speakers. There are also some 38 000 German -speakers in Paraguay.

The abbreviation used for Señorita in Paraguay is Srta.

Each person usually has a given name followed by two family names, that of the father followed by that of the mother, for example:

   Barbara Betancourt Perez

Professional people are often referred to by their qualification, followed by the given name and paternal family name (and sometimes the maternal family name):

   Doctor (m) / Doctora (f) (Dr/Dra)          Doctor/Ph.D.
   Ingeniero (m) / Ingeniera (f) (Ing.)       Engineer
   Licenciado (m) / Licenciada (f) (Lic.)     Holder of a higher university degree
   Profesor (Prof.)                           Professor, higher education teachers

This is not preceded by the gender form of address.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

   Note: This section last updated 30th March 2020

The postal code is also (less commonly) found written after the settlement name.

If the address is written in Spanish and the thoroughfare type is calle (Street), then this is not written in the address. The thoroughfare type is written commencing with a lower-case letter. For a full list of thoroughfare types, please refer to the chapter on Spain.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

This is written Apartado Postal in Paraguay. Casilla de Correo is also found.

   Note: This section last updated 30th March 2020

Paraguay altered its postal code (Código Postal) format, probably in late 2018, from a block of 4 digits to a block of 6, in the format:

   999999 

The first two digits indicate the department (see the list in the administrative districts section below). The second two digits indicate a city or district. The final two digits indicate a sector, which can be a group of settlements in rural areas, or a neighbourhood in urban areas. All code currently fall in the range 00-17.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Paraguay - Postal code format graphic

Paraguay - Postal code format

Paraguay - Postal code specifics

Paraguay - Postal code regular expression

Paraguay - Postal code level of coverage

Paraguay - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 22nd February 2017

Though Spanish is the official language, Guaraní is the widest spoken, and many settlements have names in both languages. For these, and full other-language place name lists, please refer to Exonyms in Paraguay.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 30th March 2020

Paraguay has 17 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 capital city (Asunción):

Department	Postal code range
Alto Paraguay	17
Alto Paraná	10
Amambay	13
Asunción	00
Boquerón	16
Caaguazú	05
Caazapá	06
Canindeyú	14
Central	11
Concepción	01
Cordillera	03
Guairá	04
Itapúa	07
Misiones	08
Ñeembucú	12
Paraguarí	09
Presidente Hayes	15
San Pedro	02

Administrative districts graphic

   Note: This section last updated 31st August 2022

Paraguayan numbers have area codes of 2 or 3 digits when called from abroad, and a total number length of 9 digits. Mobile numbers have one of these area codes: 961, 963, 971-973, 975-976, 981-985, 991-993, 995.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm