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Sport in Paraguay is an important part of the country's national culture. Football is the most popular sport, and basketball is also very popular. [3] Other sports such as volleyball, futsal, swimming and tennis are also popular. [3] Additional Paraguayan sports and pastimes include rugby union, chess, motorsport, golf and rowing.
According to data in the National Census of Population and Housing of the year 2012, carried out by the Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos (today Instituto Nacional de Estadística), the most spoken languages in Paraguayan homes are: 46.3% Spanish and Guaraní (or Jopara), 34% only Guaraní, and 15.3% only Spanish; the rest ...
In 2003 Paraguay’s national military academy admitted female cadets for the first time, opening another door for women pursuing education. [1] The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [2] finds that Paraguay is fulfilling only 70.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [3]
The first Baháʼí pioneer to settle in Paraguay was Elizabeth Cheney late in 1940 [26] and the first Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assembly of Asunción was elected in 1944. [26] [27] By 1961 Paraguayan Baháʼís had elected the first National Spiritual Assembly and by 1963 there were 3 local assemblies plus other communities. [28]
In 1787, Rev. José Agustín Molas was born in Santa María de Fe, one of the Catholic priests who took part in the independence revolution on 14 and 15 May 1811. Molas is remembered as one of the heroes who helped liberate Paraguay. The French explorer and botanist, Amado Aimé Bonpland was detained in Santa María until 1829.
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.
Indigenous peoples in Paraguay, or Native Paraguayans, include 17 ethnic groups belonging to five language families. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] While only a 1.7% of Paraguay 's population is fully indigenous, 75% of the population identifies as being partially of indigenous descent; [ 3 ] however, the majority do not identify as being indigenous but as Mestizos .