Paraguay

Republic of Paraguay

República del Paraguay (Spanish)
Tetã Paraguái (Guaraní)


Flag (obverse)	Coat of arms

Motto: "Paz y justicia" (Spanish)
"Peace and justice"

Anthem:
Paraguayos, República o Muerte (Spanish)
Paraguayans, Republic or Death

Location of Paraguay

Capital
and largest city

Asunción
25°16′S 57°40′W / 25.267°S 57.667°W

Official languages

Ethnic groups (2000)

~95% Mestizo^a
5% Other

Unitary presidential constitutional republic

• Vice President

Legislature

• Upper house

Chamber of Senators

• Lower house

Chamber of Deputies

Independence from Spain

• Declared

14 May 1811

• Recognized

15 May 1811

• Total

406,752 km² (157,048 sq mi) (60th)

• Water (%)

2.3

• 2015 estimate

6,783,272 (104th)

• Density

17.2/km² (44.5/sq mi) (204th)

GDP (PPP)

2016 estimate

• Total

$64.115 billion (100th)

• Per capita

$9,353 (107th)

GDP (nominal)

2016 estimate

• Total

$27.323 billion (99th)

• Per capita

$3,986

Gini (2014)

51.7
high

HDI (2014)

0.679
medium · 112th

Currency

Time zone

PYT (UTC–4)

• Summer (DST)

PYST (UTC–3)

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Mixed European and Amerindian.

Coordinates: 23°S 58°W / 23°S 58°W / -23; -58

Paraguay (/ˈpærəɡwaɪ/; Spanish pronunciation: [paɾaˈɣwai̯]; Guarani: Paraguái, [paɾaˈɣwaj]), officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guarani: Tetã Paraguái), is a landlocked country in central South America, bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the country from north to south. Due to its central location in South America, it is sometimes referred to as Corazón de Sudamérica ("Heart of South America"). Paraguay is one of the two landlocked countries (the other is Bolivia) that lie outside Afro-Eurasia. Paraguay is the smallest landlocked country in the Americas.

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