Route 6 (Paraguay)

National Route 6 (officially, Ruta Nacional Número 6 "Dr. Juan León Mallorquín", better known as Ruta Seis) is one of the national highways of Paraguay. With a length of 247 km it mainly connects the second and third most populated cities in Paraguay, Ciudad del Este and Encarnación respectively. It crosses the departments of Alto Parana and Itapua.

National Route 06
Ruta nacional PY06
Dr. Juan León Mallorquín
PY06 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	247 km (153 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Encarnación
Major intersections	Route 1 in Encarnación, IT Route 7 in Minga Guazú, AP
North end	Minga Guazú
Location
Country	Paraguay
Highway system
Highways in Paraguay

Distances and important cities

The following table shows the distances traversed by National Route 6 in each different department, and important cities that it passes by (or near).

Km	City	Department	Junctions
0	Encarnación	Itapua	Route 1
6	Capitán Miranda	Itapua
21	Trinidad	Itapua
35	Hohenau	Itapua
38	Obligado	Itapua
48	Bella Vista	Itapua
71	Pirapó	Itapua
87	Capitán Meza	Itapua
93	Edelira	Itapua
119	Tomás Romero Pereira	Itapua
206	Santa Rita	Alto Parana
247	Minga Guazú	Alto Parana	Route 7