South America
Paraguay

Central Department

Central is a department in . Its capital is situated in . With more than 1.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populated of the 17 departments of Paraguay. It is also the smallest department, with a total area of 2,465 square kilometres.
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  • Type: State with 1,360,000 residents
  • Description: department of Paraguay
  • Also known as: “Central”, “Departamento de Villeta”, “PY-11”, “Undécimo Departamento”, and “Villeta”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villeta and Ypané.

Photo: Aterovi, Public domain.
is a city of 37,000 people on the banks of Paraguay River. It is an important industrial center and port.

Town
is a city in the Central Department of , 27 km from . It is accessed by Routes 1 and 2. The city was founded March 23, 1538 by the Spanish Governor Domingo Martínez de Irala. Its main activities are trade and industry.

Town
is a city located along the 23rd to 28th kilometer of Ruta 1 in the Central department of . The city is well known for its exports of tangerines, lettuce and other agricultural products.

Central Department

Latitude
-25.5° or 25° 30′ south
Longitude
-57.5° or 57° 30′ west
Population
1,360,000
Elevation
114 metres (374 feet)
Open location code
5864GG22+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313928965
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3439137
Wiki­data ID
Q372461
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Central Department” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الإدارة المركزية”
  • Basque: “Erdialdeko departamendua”
  • Belarusian: “дэпартамент Сентраль”
  • Belarusian: “Сентраль, дэпартамент”
  • Belarusian: “Сентраль”
  • Belarusian: “Сэнтраль”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট্রাল বিভাগ”
  • Bulgarian: “Сентрал”
  • Catalan: “departament Central”
  • Catalan: “Departament Central”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento Central”
  • Chavacano: “Central”
  • Chinese: “中央省”
  • Croatian: “Centralni okrug (Paragvaj)”
  • Croatian: “Centralni okrug”
  • Danish: “Central Department”
  • Dutch: “Central”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Departemento”
  • Finnish: “Central”
  • Finnish: “Centralin departmentti”
  • French: “Central”
  • French: “département Central”
  • Galician: “Departamento Central”
  • Georgian: “ცენტრალური დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Departamento Central”
  • German: “Zentraldepartamento”
  • Greek: “Σεντράλ”
  • Guarani: “Tetãvore Central”
  • Guarani: “Tetãvore Sentral”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ્રલ વિભાગ”
  • Hindi: “केंद्रीय विभाग”
  • Hungarian: “Central megye”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen Central”
  • Italian: “dipartimento Central”
  • Italian: “Dipartimento Central”
  • Japanese: “セントラル県”
  • Japanese: “中央県”
  • Kannada: “ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಇಲಾಖೆ”
  • Korean: “센트랄주”
  • Ladino: “Central”
  • Latvian: “Centrālais departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “Centrinis departamentas”
  • Macedonian: “Централен департман”
  • Malay: “Central Department”
  • Malay: “Jabatan Pusat”
  • Marathi: “मध्यवर्ती विभाग”
  • Mingrelian: “ცენტრალური დეპარტამენტი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Central (Department uun Paraguay)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Central”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sentral”
  • Persian: “بخش مرکزی”
  • Polish: “Departament Centralny”
  • Polish: “Departamento Central”
  • Polish: “Department Centralny”
  • Portuguese: “Central”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento Central”
  • Quechua: “Chawpi suyu (Parawayi)”
  • Quechua: “Chawpi suyu”
  • Russian: “Сентраль”
  • Russian: “Центральный департамент”
  • Scots: “Central Depairtment”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Central”
  • Sinhala: “මධ්‍යම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, පැරගුවේ”
  • Sinhala: “මධ්‍යම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Spanish: “Central”
  • Spanish: “Departamento Central”
  • Spanish: “PY-11”
  • Swedish: “Central”
  • Tamil: “சென்ட்ரல் துறை”
  • Telugu: “సెంట్రల్ డిపార్ట్మెంట్”
  • Telugu: “సెంట్రల్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเซนตรัล”
  • Turkish: “Central Departmant”
  • Turkish: “Merkez”
  • Ukrainian: “Сентрал”
  • Ukrainian: “Сентраль”
  • Urdu: “سینترال ڈیپارٹمنٹ”
  • Urdu: “سینترال محکمہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực hành chính Miền Trung”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Central”
  • Wu Chinese: “中央省 (巴拉圭)”
  • Wu Chinese: “中央省（巴拉圭）”
  • Wu Chinese: “中央省”
  • “Central”
  • “Central Department”
  • “Departamento Central”
  • “PY-11”

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