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Entity :
Paraguay
Main prefix :
ZP
Callsigns series :
ZPA-ZPZ
Time zone :
-4 h
Continent :
South America
ITU zone :
14
CQ zone :
11
Paraguay
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Flag description
Three equal, horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue with an emblem centered in the white band; unusual flag in that the emblem is different on each side; the obverse (hoist side at the left) bears the national coat of arms (a yellow five-pointed star within a green wreath capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY, all within two circles); the reverse (hoist side at the right) bears the seal of the treasury (a yellow lion below a red Cap of Liberty and the words Paz y Justicia (Peace and Justice) capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY, all within two circles).
Paraguay
Capital:
Asuncion
Administrative divisions:
17 departments (departamentos , singular - departamento ) and 1 capital city*: Alto Paraguay, Alto Parana, Amambay, Asuncion*, Boqueron, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones, Neembucu, Paraguari, Presidente Hayes, and San Pedro.
Population:
5,884,491 (July 2002 est.)
Languages:
Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
Geographic coordinates:
23° 00' S, 58° 00' W
Area total:
406,750 sq. km
Land area:
397,300 sq. km
Water area:
9,450 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
3,920 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Argentina 1,880 km, Bolivia 750 km, Brazil 1,290 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Elevation extremes:
junction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m - Cerro Pero (Cerro Tres Kandu) 842 m
Internet country code:
.py
Currency:
guarani (PYG)
Name - conventional long form:
Republic of Paraguay
Name - conventional short form:
Paraguay
Name - local long form:
Republica del Paraguay
Name - local short form:
Paraguay
Independence:
14 May 1811 (from Spain)
Constitution:
promulgated 20 June 1992
Government type:
constitutional republic
National holiday:
Independence Day, 14 May (1811)