Paraguay

Republic o Paraguay
República del Paraguay  (Spainyie)
Tetã Paraguái  (Guaraní)

Banner Coat o airms
Naitional motto: Paz y justicia  (Spainyie) "Peace and justice"
Location o  Paraguay  (Green)
Offeecial leid	Spainyie Guaraní
Caipital	Asunción
Lairgest ceety	capital
Govrenment Heid o State -	Constitutional presidential republic Preses Federico Franco
Area	406,752
Population	6,349,000
Foondin	11 Mey 1811
Siller	Guaraní
Time zone	ART (UTC-4) -Summer (DST) (UTC-3)
Naitional anthem	Paraguayos, República o Muerte  (Spainyie) "Paraguayans, Republic or Death"
Naitional flouer
Patron saunt
Internet TLD	.py
Cawin code	+595

Paraguay, offeecially the Republic o Paraguay is a landlockt kintra in Sooth Americae. It is bordered bi Argentinae tae the sooth an soothwast, Brazil tae the east an northeast, an Bolivie tae the northwast. Paraguay lies on baith banks o the Paraguay River, which runs through the centre o the kintra frae north to sooth. Acause o its central location in Sooth Americae, is sometimes referred tae as Corazón de América, or the Hert o Americae.

Etymology

There ar at least fower versions for the oreegin o the name Paraguay. The literal translation frae Guaraní is Para = o mony varieties; Gua = frae, belongin tae or place; Y = water, river or lake.

Geografie

Main airticle: Geografie o Paraguay

Map of Paraguay

Paraguay is dividit bi the Río Paraguay intae the eastren region, cawed Eastren Paraguay (Paraguay Oriental) an kent as the Paraná region; an the wastren region, offeecially cawed Wastren Paraguay (Paraguay Occidental) an an aa kent as the Chaco.

The terrain consists o grassy plains an woodit hills in the east. Tae the wast, there ar maistly law, marshy plains.

Climate

Main airticle: Climate o Paraguay

The local climate ranges frae subtropical tae temperate, wi substantial rainfall in the eastren portions, though becomin semi-arid in the far wast.

Freemit airtins

Govrenment

• Chief o State an Cabinet Members
• (Spainyie) Naitional Department o Tourism
• (Spainyie) Ministry o Finance wi economic an Government information, available an aa in Inglis

General information

• Paraguay frae the Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Template:CIA World Factbook link
• Paraguay at UCB Libraries GovPubs
• Paraguay at the Open Directory Project
• Wikimedia Atlas o Paraguay

News media

• (Spainyie) [http://www.larueda.com.py/ La Rueda - Weekly reviews]
• (Spainyie) ABC Color
• (Spainyie) Última Hora
• (Spainyie) La Nación
• (Spainyie) Paraguay.com
• (Spainyie) Ñanduti

Travel

• Paraguay Convention & Visitor's Bureau
• Paraguay.com: Tradition, Culture, Maps, Tourism
• Travel guide tae Paraguay frae Wikivoyage
• (Spainyie)Tourism in Paraguay, information, pictures an mair. Turismo.com.py

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