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Est. Population:
6,862,812
Demonym:
Paraguayan
Religions:
Roman Catholic (80.8%)
Protestant (8.2%)
Other Christian (5.2%)
Indigenous (2.3%)
Atheist (2.1%)
Largest City:
Asunción (525,294)
Other Cities:
Ciudad del Este (293,817)
San Lorenzo (256,008)
Luque (263,604)
Capiatá (224,152)
Lambaré (170,851)
Region:
Central South America
Bodies of Water:
None (Landlocked)
Total Area:
406,752 km2 (97.7% land, 2.3% water)
Total Land:
3,995 km
Total Coastline:
0 km (Landlocked)
Climate
Subtropical
Temperate
Semiarid in the far west
Terrain:
Grassy hills
Woods in the east
Lowlands in the west
Dry forest everywhere else
Highest Point
Cerro Pero (842 m)
Lowest Point
Junction of Río Paraná and Río Paraguay (46 m)
Natural Disasters
Flooding
Type:
Constitutional republic
Head of State and Government:
President Mario Abdo Benitez
Admin. Divisions
17 Departments
1 Capital territory
Independence:
14 May 1811 (from Spain)
Nat'l Symbol:
Lion
Nat'l Anthem:
Paraguayos, República o Muerte
GDP Per Capita
$8,700 (USD)
Currency
Gs (Guaraní)
Exchange Rate
$1 (USD) = Gs (Guaraní)5,805.75
Internet Code
.py
Telephone Code
+595
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Spanish culture is heavily prevalent in Paraguay.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pa.html (Majority of information)
https://joshuaproject.net/countries/PA (Ethnic and religious data)
http://www.dgeec.gov.py/Publicaciones/Biblioteca/proyeccion%20nacional/Proyeccion%20Distrital.pdf (City population data)
Wolfram|Alpha (Currency exchange data)
Information accurate to best of ability as of 26 November 2016
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