Paraguay Country Info - South America

Description and Basic Information

Paraguay with its capital Asunción is located in South America (Central South America, northeast of Argentina). It covers some 406,751 square kilometres (slightly smaller than California) with 6,831,000 citizens. Spanish and Guarani are the some of the languages spoken by the majority in Paraguay. Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina are bordering countries.

Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America bordering Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil. Walk through the historic Asuncion city center- many former grand buildings are suffering from great decay, but if you look past grafitti walls, you can imagines Asuncions past splendour. At nights, you can take a cab ride and enjoy it fully illuminated. There are many bars, restaurantes in this area. Don Vito is paraguayan fast food at its best. Home of the paraguayan empanada, they have been in business for over 30 years. The original spot is just behind the Iglesia de san Jose, and if you are lucky enough to be in paraguay around may-June, you can order a pastel mandi'o, which is make of mandioca and beef. Best enjoyed with a cold pulp, a paraguayan soft drink made with natural fruit juice.

Pictures from Capital (Asunción)

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About Paraguay

The terrain offers grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay having Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere. The average density of population is about 16 per km². The climate in Paraguay can be described as subtropical to temperate with substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west. Possible natural disasters include local flooding in southeast (early September to June) or poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June).

To reach someone in Paraguay dial +595 prior to a number. There are 387,300 installed telephones. And there are 5,619,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 850, 1900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".py". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 18 regions/states in Paraguay we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Paraguayan population grew at a rate of 1.31% (or by 83,523 citizens). With 29,010 deaths and 113,043 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.32%. -510 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Paraguay: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.