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The River Paraguay at the town of Concepción. Paraguay has 3,100 kilometres (1,900 mi) of inland waterways. The Paraguay and Paraná are the country's two main rivers. The Paraguay River, with headwaters at Mato Grosso, Brazil, flows southward, converging with the Paraná in southwestern Paraguay, and then flowing to the Río de la Plata estuary in Argentina, the entrance for the great ...
Paraguay (/ ˈ p ær ə ɡ w aɪ /; Spanish pronunciation: [paɾaˈɣwaj] ⓘ), officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guarani: Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.
The Universidad Columbia del Paraguay (Columbia University of Paraguay) is a private university. It was founded in 1943, but it obtained the title of university only in 1991. In 60 years it had more than 200,000 students.
Capital cities of the departments are listed in bold text. All census totals come from the Department of Statistics, Surveys and Censuses (Paraguay) [1] Map of Paraguay An enlargeable map of the Republic of Paraguay Map of Paraguay indicating the origin of the founders of the different districts in the country by colour.
Asunción, Paraguay Pole vault: 4.50 m Hugo Ramos: 26 May 1990 Asunción, Paraguay Long jump: 7.42 m Olegario Olmedo: 25 July 1987 Asunción, Paraguay Triple jump: 15.16 m (+2.0 m/s) Oscar Alvarenga: 13 June 2004 São Paulo, Brazil Shot put: 18.31 m Ramón Jiménez Gaona: 28 March 1992 Los Angeles, United States Discus throw: 64.30 m [a] Ramón ...
In 1944, aluminum-bronze coins were introduced in denominations of 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢ and 50¢. All were round shaped. The obverses featured a flower with "Republica del Paraguay" and the date surrounding it, except for the 50¢, which featured the lion and Liberty cap insignia. The denomination was shown on the reverses. [citation needed]
The Paraguay national basketball team is the team governed by the Paraguayan Basketball Federation (Spanish: Confederación Paraguaya de Basquetbol) that represents Paraguay in the men's international basketball competitions organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Paraguay was for several decades under dictatorial rule by Alfredo Stroessner's Colorado Party until he was ousted from power in 1989, which set off a democratization process. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Since then, there has been an expansion of civil and political liberties, as well as elections at presidential, congressional, and municipal levels. [ 19 ]