Alto Paraguay

Alto Paraguay
Coordinates: 20°30′S 59°0′W / 20.500°S 59.000°W / -20.500; -59.000
Country Paraguay
CapitalFuerte Olimpo
Government
  GovernorArturo Méndez (ANR)
Area
  Total
82,349 km2 (31,795 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census)
  Total
17,195
  Density0.21/km2 (0.54/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-03 (PYT)
ISO 3166 codePY-16
Number of Districts4

Alto Paraguay (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalto paɾaˈɣwaj]; Upper Paraguay) is the least populous as well as a sparsely populated department of Paraguay. The capital is the town of Fuerte Olimpo.

In 1992, the Chaco Department was merged with Alto Paraguay.