Central Department - Communications and Services

Communications and Services

This department is favored by having a lot of routes. Most of the routes of the country leave from Asunción, the Capital city, to the country towns. One of the main roads in the so called Ruta I, “Mariscal Francisco Solano López”, which links the Capital city with the town of Encarnación, capital of the Departmento de Itapúa to the south. This town border on the Republic of Argentina. Another important road is the Number II, “Mariscal José Félix Estigarribia”, linking Asunción with Ciudad del Este, capital of the Alto Paraná Department, which border on the Federal Republic of Brazil to the east. This department is also crossed by the Route II, “General Elizardo Aquino” and the IX, “Carlos Antonio López”.