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  2. Culture of Paraguay - Wikipedia

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    Paraguay was in its maximum extension the old Paraguayan Province, a Jesuit administration belonging to the Viceroyalty of Peru and whose clerical capital was the city of Córdoba. During the 17th and 18th centuries, 30 reductions were built in this province, which are currently distributed in three countries: 8 in Paraguay , 15 in Argentina ...

  3. How Angels Are Born - Wikipedia

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    How Angels Are Born (Portuguese: Como Nascem os Anjos) is a 1996 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Murilo Salles. It stars Priscila Assum and Silvio Guindane as two Rio de Janeiro favela's children who become involved in the kidnapping of an American man played by Larry Pine .

  4. Paraguayans - Wikipedia

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    Paraguay is predominantly a bilingual country, as the majority of the population uses Spanish and Guaraní. The Constitution of Paraguay of 1992 established Spanish and Guaraní as official languages. [11] Spanish, an Indo-European language of the Romance branch, is understood by about 90% of the population as a first or second language.

  5. Religion in Paraguay - Wikipedia

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    Christianity is the predominant religion in Paraguay, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Before the arrival of Spanish missionaries , the people residing in the territory of modern day Paraguay practiced a variety of religions.

  6. São Paulo Aquarium - Wikipedia

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    Polar bears Aurora and Peregrino, born in Russia, are the first of their kind in the country. Despite the climate difference between their homeland and Brazil, these mammals, which together weigh 730 kg, had no problem adapting to their new home. They live in a 1,500-square-meter enclosure with a temperature between -15 °C and -5 °C. [5] [3 ...

  7. Portal:Paraguay - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Asunción - Wikipedia

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    Asunción Bay is separated from the great Paraguay River by the San Miguel Bank, a narrow lowland peninsula where two geographical and ecological regions of Paraguay converge: the Humid Chaco and the Alto Paraná Atlantic forests. Some important bodies of water are the Pozo Colorado, De Los Patos, Ycuá Satí, and Jaén streams.

  9. Guaraní people - Wikipedia

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    The Guarani are a group of culturally-related indigenous peoples of South America.They are distinguished from the related Tupi by their use of the Guarani language.The traditional range of the Guarani people is in what is now Paraguay between the Paraná River and lower Paraguay River, the Misiones Province of Argentina, southern Brazil once as far east as Rio de Janeiro, and parts of Uruguay ...