Paraguay
Republic of Paraguay | |
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Motto:"Paz y justicia"(Spanish) "Peace and justice" | |
Anthem: Paraguayos, República o Muerte(Spanish) Paraguayans, Republic or Death | |
![]() Location ofParaguay(dark green) inSouth America(grey) | |
Capital and largest city | Asunción 25°16′S57°40′W/ 25.267°S 57.667°W |
Official language[1][2] | |
Ethnic groups (2016[3]) |
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Demonym(s) | Paraguayan |
Government | Unitarypresidentialconstitutional republic |
Mario Abdo Benítez | |
Hugo Velázquez Moreno | |
Legislature | Congress |
Senate | |
Chamber of Deputies | |
IndependencefromSpain | |
• Declared | 14 May 1811 |
• Recognized | 25 November 1842 |
Area | |
• Total | 406,752 km2(157,048 sq mi) (59th) |
• Water (%) | 2.3 |
Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 6,703,799[4][5](104th) |
• Density | 17.2/km2(44.5/sq mi) (204th) |
GDP(PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $68.005 billion[6](100th) |
• Per capita | $9,779[6](107th) |
GDP(nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $28.743 billion[6](99th) |
• Per capita | $4,133[6](109th) |
Gini(2015) | ![]() high |
HDI(2015) | ![]() medium·110th |
Currency | Guaraní(PYG) |
Time zone | UTC–4(PYT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC–3(PYST) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +595 |
ISO 3166 code | PY |
Internet TLD | .py |
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Paraguay,officially theRepublic of Paraguay(Spanish:República del Paraguay), is a small country inSouth America.It islandlocked,meaning that it is not next to theocean.It is bordered to the North and East byBrazil,the West byBolivia,and the South and Southeast byArgentina.The mainlanguagesareSpanishandGuaraní. Paraguay's population is about 6 million. The ethnic makeup of the population is the following:Mestizo(mixed European and Amerindian) 80%, European 20%, unmixed Amerindian 1-3%, Asian 1-4%.
Over (20%) of the population lives below the poverty line.
Paraguay has twoofficial languages,SpanishandGuaraní.Guaraní is recognized as a national language.
The capital city isAsuncion.Asuncion was founded in1537by aSpaniardnamedJuan de Salazar.Paraguay was acolonyofSpain,but becameindependentin1811.
From1865-1870Paraguay lost land and most of its male population in theWar of the Triple AllianceagainstBrazil,Argentina,andUruguay.It gained land in theChaco WaragainstBoliviain the 1930s.
Paraguay's main religion isRoman Catholicism.
The weather is humid in the east and dry in the west.
Government and politics
[change|change source]Administrative subdivisions
[change|change source]Paraguay has 17departmentsand onecapitaldistrict(Distrito Capital). The departments are formed by districts.
The departments are grouped in twogeographicregions, separated by theParaguayriver:
- Occidental(Western) region orChaco,to the north of the Paraguay river (departments: Alto Paraguay, Boquerón and Presidente Hayes)
- Oriental(Eastern) region, to the south of the Paraguay river (departments: Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazú, Caazapá, Canindeyú, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Guairá, Itapúa, Misiones, Paraguarí, San Pedro and Ñeembucú; the capital district is part of this region)
No. | Department | Capital | Population (2002) |
Area (km²) |
Districts |
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1 | Concepción | Concepción | 179,450 | 18,051 | 8 |
2 | San Pedro | San Pedro | 318,698 | 20,002 | 20 |
3 | Cordillera | Caacupé | 233,854 | 4,948 | 20 |
4 | Guairá | Villarrica | 178,650 | 3,846 | 18 |
5 | Caaguazú | Coronel Oviedo | 435,357 | 11,474 | 21 |
6 | Caazapá | Caazapá | 139,517 | 9,496 | 10 |
7 | Itapúa | Encarnación | 453,692 | 16,525 | 30 |
8 | Misiones | San Juan Bautista | 101,783 | 9,556 | 10 |
9 | Paraguarí | Paraguarí | 221,932 | 8,705 | 17 |
10 | Alto Paraná | Ciudad del Este | 558,672 | 14,895 | 21 |
11 | Central | Areguá | 1,362,893 | 2,465 | 19 |
12 | Ñeembucú | Pilar | 76,348 | 12,147 | 16 |
13 | Amambay | Pedro Juan Caballero | 114,917 | 12,933 | 4 |
14 | Canindeyú | Salto del Guairá | 140.137 | 14.667 | 12 |
15 | Presidente Hayes | Villa Hayes | 82,493 | 72,907 | 8 |
16 | Alto Paraguay | Fuerte Olimpo | 11,587 | 82,349 | 4 |
17 | Boquerón | Filadelfia | 41,106 | 91,669 | 3 |
18 | Distrito Capital | Asunción | 512,112 | 117 | 6 |
References
[change|change source]- ↑"Paraguay – Constitution, Article 140 About Languages".International Constitutional Law Project.Retrieved3 December2007.
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(help)(seetranslator's note) - ↑"8 LIZCANO"(PDF).Convergencia.uaemex.mx. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 15 January 2013.Retrieved5 October2012.
- ↑Central Intelligence Agency (2016)."Paraguay".The World Factbook.Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Archived fromthe originalon November 4, 2015.RetrievedJanuary 1,2017.
- ↑"World Population Prospects 2022".population.un.org.United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,Population Division.RetrievedJuly 17,2022.
- ↑"World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100"(XSLX).population.un.org( "Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)" ).United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,Population Division.RetrievedJuly 17,2022.
- ↑6.06.16.26.3Paraguay.International Monetary Fund
- ↑"Gini Index".World Bank.Retrieved5 December2017.
- ↑"2016 Human Development Report"(PDF).United Nations Development Programme. 2016.Retrieved25 March2017.
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