La República del Paraguay es un país de América del Sur. Comparte con Bolivia la condición de no tener costas marítimas. Está ubicado sobre márgenes del Río Paraguay y limita con la Argentina al sur y hacia el sudoeste, con Brasil al nordeste y con Bolivia al noroeste. Una particularidad paraguaya es su bandera, que destaca un diseño ligeramente diferente sobre el revés.
Paraguái oteko ha'e peteĩ tetã oiko Sudamericape. "Ñande Tupãsy Asuncionpe" (Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) oteko tetã guasu. Tavayguakuéra: 5.734.139 ava. Ne'ẽ: Avañe'ẽ ha karaiñe'ẽ. Ambue táva: Ciudad del Este
The Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America. It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, bordering ► Argentina to the south and southwest, ► Brazil to the east and northeast, and ► Bolivia to the northwest, and is located in the very heart of South America. The name "Paraguay" is derived from the Guaraní word pararaguay meaning "from a great river". The "great river" is the Paraná River, which produces the greatest amount of hydroelectric power in the world
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Paraguay, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Paraguay.
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