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The guaraní (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwaɾaˈni], plural: guaraníes; sign: ₲; code: PYG) is the national currency unit of Paraguay. The guaraní is divided into 100 céntimos but, because of inflation, céntimos coins are no longer in use. The currency sign is U+20B2 ₲ GUARANI SIGN; if unavailable, "Gs." is used.
The Central Bank of Paraguay (Spanish: Banco Central del Paraguay) is Paraguay's highest monetary authority, and the country's governing body, in finances and economics. Its headquarters are in Asunción 's Carmelitas neighbourhood.
The Republic of Paraguay is a mostly bilingual country, as the majority of the population uses Spanish and Guaraní.The Constitution of Paraguay of 1992 declares it as a multicultural and bilingual country, establishing Spanish and Guaraní as official languages. [1]
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 ...
A tatakua, made of brick and red clay. A tatakua (Guarani: tatakua; Spanish: tatacuá) is a traditional Paraguayan rustic oven, [1] [2] made of brick and a mixture of mud and molasses, [3] whose construction is specially designed for the preparation of typical food such as chipa, Paraguayan soup, chipa guasu, etc. [4] [5] [6] [7]
In 2013 Paraguay changed the ending date of daylight saving to the fourth Sunday in March. [2] The starting date remains unchanged. On 5 August 2020, an initiative arose to keep the daylight saving time as the official year-round time, [ 3 ] with the intention to align Paraguay with neighbors Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
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.
In 1867, Paraguay issued its first gold coins, for 4 pesos, during the War of the Triple Alliance. Copper coins were issued in 1870 in denominations of 1, 2 and 4 centesimos, followed in 1889 by silver 1 peso. In 1900, cupro-nickel 5, 10 and 20 centavos were introduced, followed in 1925 by cupro-nickel 50 centavos and 1 and 2 pesos.