Where is Paraguay?
About Paraguay
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
Paraguay is a vast country in the centre of South America.
Paraguay is a landlocked country with no coastline.
The land is a mixture of hills and plains.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Paraguay, also known as lines of latitude and longtitude, are:-
Latitude - 23 00S
Longitude - 58 00W
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The Paraguayan flag is 3 equal horizontal
stripes of red, white and blue. There is an emblem in the centre of the white stripe. Unusually, the emblem is different on each side of the flag.
On one side is the coat of arms which is a yellow star with a green wreath amd the words Republica Del Paraguay while on the other side is the seal of
the treasury which is a yellow lion below a red cap of liberty and the words Paz y Justicia.
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The total land area of Paraguay is 397,302 sq kms which is the 8th largest in South America.
Paraguay has lakes, rivers and canals which total 9,450 sq kms.
Paraguay has boundaries with 3 countries
Paraguay has no coastline.
The highest point in Paraguay is Cerro Pero at 842 metres.
The total population of Paraguay is 6.86 million people, making it the 9th largest country in South America by population.
Of this number 3.42 million are females and 3.44 million are males.
A person from Paraguay is called a Paraguayan.
To be a citizen of Paraguay you must be born in Paraguay or one of your parents must be a native-born citizen of Paraquay. You have to live in Paraquay for
3 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest five cities in Paraguay, by population are:-
The birth rate in Paraguay is 16.5 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in Paraguay is 4.7 deaths per 1,000 people.
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There are 15.7 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 22.8 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 28.0 and for males is 27.5. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 22.9.
The elderly dependency ratio is 9.4. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 10.6. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
Paraguay spends 9.8% of its total income on health care.
There are 1.23 doctors per 1,000 people.
There are 1.3 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
20.3% of the population are estimated as obese.
100.0% of the urban population and 94.9% of the rural population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
Paraguay spends 5.0% of its total income on education.
Children usually start school at age 7 in Paraguay. Primary education is for six years until age 13. Secondary education, which is not compulsory can
continue till 19. This may be followed
by further education at a university or college.
Generally the school year consists of 2 terms and starts at the end of February and finishes at the end of November. There is usually a weekend break at Easter and
a 2 week break in July.
94.3% of females and 95.8% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.
20.8% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 25.5% are unemployed while with males 16.9% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in Paraguay is 3.29 million.
They work in the following sectors.
There are 15 paved airports in Paraguay, which is the 9th highest number in South America.
There are 30 kilometres of railways in Paraguay, the 10th longest in South America.
There are 4,860 kilometres of roads in Paraguay, which means Paraguay is in 10th place for the most kilometres of roads in South America.