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Geography of Paraguay. Paraguay is a country in South America, bordering Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. The Paraguay River (Spanish: Río Paraguay) divides the country into strikingly different eastern and western regions. Both the eastern region (officially called Eastern Paraguay, Paraguay Oriental, and known as the Paraneña region) and the ...
Paraguay is a developing country, ranking 105th in the Human Development Index. [11] It is a founding member of Mercosur, the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Lima Group. Additionally, the city of Luque, in metropolitan Asuncion, is the seat of the South American Football Confederation.
Demographics of Paraguay Population pyramid of Paraguay in 2020 Population 6,109,644 (2022 census) Growth rate 0.89% (2022 census) Birth rate 16.32 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Death rate 4.87 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Life expectancy 78.37 years Fertility rate 2.4 children born/woman (2022 census) Infant mortality rate 23.21 deaths/1,000 live births Net migration rate -0.07 ...
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area.
ISO 3166-2:PY Department Capital Population (2022 census) Area (km 2) Districts Population density (pop./km 2); ASU: Distrito Capital Asunción: 477,346 117: 6 4,080
In the 20th century, Paraguay faced another major international conflict—the Chaco War (1932–1935) against Bolivia—in which Paraguay prevailed. The country came under a succession of military dictators, culminating in the 35-year regime of Alfredo Stroessner , which lasted until his overthrow in 1989 by an internal military coup.
Greater Los Angeles is a politically divided metropolitan area. During the 1970s and 1980s, the region leaned toward the Republican Party. Los Angeles County, the most populous of the region, is a Democratic stronghold, although it voted twice for both Richard Nixon (1968 and 1972) and Ronald Reagan (1980 and 1984).
The city of Los Angeles covers a total area of 502.7 square miles (1,302 km 2), comprising 468.7 square miles (1,214 km 2) of land and 34.0 square miles (88 km 2) of water. [85] The city extends for 44 miles (71 km) from north to south and for 29 miles (47 km) from east to west.