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	Paraguay travel guide - Wikitravel
		Paraguay [1] is a landlocked country in South America, northeast of Argentina, with borders with Bolivia and Brazil.
		Paraguay really is the forgotten country of Latin America, as very few people live there and very few people go there.
		The national beverage in Paraguay is a tea called mate, and is made from the yerba plant.
	wikitravel.org /en/Paraguay (2341 words)

	Paraguay (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Paraguay, inland republic in South America, bounded on the northwest and north by Bolivia, on the east by Brazil, and on the south and southwest by Argentina.
		On its western edge are fertile grassy foothills by the Paraguay River; in the east is the Alto Paran?River.
		The population of Paraguay is 5,070,856, mostly in the western Oriental.
	www.bergen.org /AAST/Projects/LatinAmerica/adaehr/enparaguay.html (552 words)

	Paraguay - LoveToKnow 1911
		Paraguay proper, or the country between the Paraguay and the Parana, is traversed from north to south by a broad irregular belt of highlands, which are known as the Cordillera Ambaya, Cordillera Urucury, andc., but partake rather of the character of plateaus, and form a continuation and outwork of the great interior plateau of Brazil.
		From the Asuncion plateau southwards, near the confluence of the Paraguay and Parana, there is a vast stretch of marshy country, draining partly into the Ypoa lagoon, amd smaller tracts of the same character are found in other parts of the lowlands, especially in the valley of the Paraguay.
		The guarantee debt due to the Paraguay Central railway exceeds £1,500,000; and the total indebtedness of the republic on the 31st of December 1908 may be estimated at £7,650,000.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Paraguay (3584 words)

	Paraguay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paraguay gained a large part of its current territory at the expense of Bolivia, in the aftermath of the Chaco War, the culmination of a long series of border disputes between the two countries.
		Politics of Paraguay takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Paraguay is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		Paraguay has a market economy marked by a large informal sector that features both re-export of imported consumer goods to neighbouring countries as well as the activities of thousands of microenterprises and urban street vendors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paraguay (1316 words)

	Paraguay
		Europeans first arrived in the area in the early 16th century and the settlement of Asuncion was founded in 1537.
		Paraguay declared its independence by overthrowing the local Spanish authorities on May 14, 1811.
		The Paraguayan landscape consists of grassy plains and wooded hills in the region east of Paraguay River[?] that divides the country in two; the region west of the river, the (Gran) Chaco[?] features mostly low, marshy plains near the river and dry forest and thorny scrub further west.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Paraguay.html (746 words)

	Paraguay (country) - MSN Encarta
		The aborigines of Paraguay were Native Americans of various tribes collectively known as Guaraní because of their common language.
		Paraguay became an unimportant border dependency of Buenos Aires, the capital of the Viceroyalty, and sank gradually into relative insignificance until the early 19th century.
		Most of the land that Paraguay gained as a result of the settlement is in the Gran Chaco, and Paraguay named a province in the Chaco Presidente Hayes after the arbiter of the dispute.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569154_6/Paraguay_(country).html (679 words)

	Paraguay (country) - MSN Encarta
		Paraguay proper, where rainfall is heavy, is covered by dense evergreen forests interspersed with a wide variety of tropical grasses, ferns, palms, and exotic flowers.
		Paraguay is party to international treaties on biodiversity, climate change, endangered species, hazardous wastes, and wetlands.
		Fourteen of the departments are in Paraguay proper: Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazú, Caazapá, Canendiyu, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Guairá, Itapúa, Misiones, Ñeembucú, Paraguarí, and San Pedro.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569154_2/Paraguay_(country).html (643 words)

	Ethnologue report for Paraguay
		Eastern, Alto Paraná, Caaguazú, Chopa Pou, Cerro Moroti, and Puerto Barra reservations, and Tupa Renda.
		Mataguayo languages in Paraguay are less similar than Mascoi languages in Paraguay (Fasold 1984).
		Chaco and eastern Paraguay; towns of Filadelfia, Menno Colony, Loma Plata, Neuland.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Paraguay (443 words)

	Alto Paraguay - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
		Alto Paraguay es un departamento del Paraguay ubicado en la región occidental, tiene una superficie de 82.349 km², una población de 15.000 hab.
		El suelo chaqueño del Alto Paraguay es una llanura que sobrepasa los 300 msnm.
		El Alto Paraguay cuenta con 18 escuelas, 4 colegios y 4 liceos nacionales.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alto_Paraguay#Distritos (607 words)

	Paraguay.com - Geography - Political divisions - Departments
		The territory of Paraguay is divided into 17 departments: Concepción, San Pedro, Cordillera, Guairá;, Caaguazú, Caazapá, Itapúa, Misiones, Paraguarí;, Alto Paraná, Central, Ñeembucú;, Amambay, Canindeyú;, Presidente Hayes, Alto Paraguay and Boquerón.
		The department of Alto Paraná is the second most important department in the country in terms of population, with a density of 82.6 people per square mile.
		The department of Alto Paraguay, one of the giants of the Chaco, borders Bolivia and Brazil.
	www.paraguay.com /geography/political_divisions.php (1258 words)

	Alto Paraguay Map, Map of Alto Paraguay \| infohub.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alto Paraguay Map, Map of Alto Paraguay
		Here you will find a treasure of information with regard to map of Alto Paraguay as well as a wealth of information on the subject of Alto Paraguay maps.
		This "maps of Alto Paraguay" page will be updated frequently, so visit early and visit often.
	www.infohub.com /Maps/alto_paraguay_map_4716.html (107 words)

	paraguay el Mercado de intercambios, publicidad, trueque e intercambio.
		paraguay el Mercado de intercambios, publicidad, trueque e intercambio.
		110.131 empresas registradas 678 empresas en Paraguay 1.299.498 intercambios iniciados
		Acambiode también en: Argentina Bolivia Brasil Cuba Chile Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador España Guatemala México Nicaragua Panamá Paraguay Perú Portugal República Dominicana Uruguay Venezuela Otros países
	paraguay.acambiode.com (403 words)

	Alto Paraguay Region Map: Fuerte OLimpo — Mayor Pablo La Gerenza \| Paraguay Google Satellite Maps
		Alto Paraguay Region Map: Fuerte OLimpo — Mayor Pablo La Gerenza
		You are in Alto Paraguay (Paraguay), administrative region of level 1.
		If you would like to recommend this Alto Paraguay map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it.
	www.maplandia.com /paraguay/alto-paraguay (662 words)

	Chernoff, Barry: A Biological Assessment of the Aquatic Ecosystems of the Rio Paraguay Basin, Alto Paraguay, Paraguay
		Chernoff, Barry: A Biological Assessment of the Aquatic Ecosystems of the Rio Paraguay Basin, Alto Paraguay, Paraguay
		Chernoff, Barry, Philip W. Willink, and Jensen R. Montambault, editors A Biological Assessment of the Aquatic Ecosystems of the Rio Paraguay Basin, Alto Paraguay, Paraguay.
		While the Río Paraguay Basin is sparsely populated, poorly surveyed, and has experienced relatively little human disturbance, it currently faces one large development project: the Hidrovia Paragua-Parana, which proposes to dredge and channel extensive portions of the Río Paraguay watershed, altering water flow and seasonal flooding cycles.
	www.press.uchicago.edu /cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/15343.ctl (162 words)

	Dr. Juan Maria Carron: The Pantanal of Paraguay
		This represents 34% of the total population of the district of Alto Paraguay.
		The construction of this route must be carefully researched in terms of possible damage to or environmental impact on the area by the movement of hundreds of trucks passing by daily.
		The Comptroller General of the Republic of Paraguay made a special survey of the situation of lands in the district of Alto Paraguay in which he detected various irregularities (Contraloría General 1999).
	www.pantanal.org /carron2.htm (2040 words)

	Paraguay Did You Mean paraguay (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The name "Paraguay" is derived from the Guarani words "pará", meaning "ocean", "gua" meaning to or from and "y" meaning "water"; in other words "water that goes to the ocean".
		In the Chaco War of 1932 to 1935, invading Bolivian troops, trying to gain a port on the Paraguay river for their landlocked country, were expelled by the Paraguayan Armed Forces from most of the Chaco region.
		Paraguay's economy is very dependent on Brazil, its neighbour in the east.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Paraguay.html (1138 words)

	Paraguay spprcs1.htm (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Paraguay proper, where rainfall is heavy, is covered by dense evergreen forests interspersed with a wide variety of tropical grasses, ferns, palms, and exotic flowers.
		The population of Paraguay (1993 estimate) was 5,070,856.
		Paraguay became an unimportant border dependency of Buenos Aires, the capital of the viceroyalty, and sank gradually into relative insignificance until the early 19th century.
	www.natlaw.com /pubs/spprcs1.htm (3206 words)

	Bush Paraguay Land Grab Incites Unease \| The Agonist
		Unless of course you are a resident of northern Paraguay and believe reports in the South American press that he has bought up a 100,000 acre (40,500 hectare) ranch in your neck of the woods.
		Photographers from the Paraguayan newspaper ABC Color tracked her down to one restaurant in Paraguay's capital Asunción, where she was seen flanked by 10 security guards, and was also reported to have met Paraguay's president, Nicanor Duarte, and the US ambassador to Paraguay, James Cason.
		Erasmo Rodríguez Acosta, the governor of the Alto Paraguay region where Mr Bush's new acquisition supposedly lies, told one Paraguayan news agency there were indications that Mr Bush had bought land in Paso de Patria, near the border with Brazil and Bolivia.
	www.agonist.org /20061024/bush_paraguay_land_grab_incites_unease (760 words)

	Paraguay - Gurupedia
		Alfredo Stroessner was overthrown in 1989, and, despite a marked increase in political infighting in recent years, relatively free and regular presidential elections have been held since then.
		Paraguay's highly centralised and often dictatorial government was fundamentally changed by the 1992
		Koreans, ethnic Chinese, Arabs, Brazilians, and Argentines are among those who have settled in Paraguay and they have to an extent retained their respective languages.
	www.gurupedia.com /p/pa/paraguay.htm (735 words)

	German Genealogy: Paraguay
		Paraguay is bordered to the south by Argentina, to the east and north by Brasil, and to the west by Bolivia.
		In 1776 Paraguay was transferred to the Spanish viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata with capital at Buenos Aires, which also included Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay.
		In 1811 independence came to to Paraguay which was governed by its dictator Francia, operating under a strict policy of isolation.
	www.genealogienetz.de /reg/WELT/paraguay.html (775 words)

	Paraguay - INDUSTRY
		Although industry was becoming more visible in Paraguay in the 1980s, industry's share of GDP actually declined in the 1970s and 1980s because of more rapid growth in agriculture.
		Paraguay's earliest manufacturing industries processed hides and leather from its abundant cattle and tannin from quebracho trees.
		One of Paraguay's fastest growing industries was the new, relatively modern plastics subsector, which supplied a wide variety of goods to the local market.
	countrystudies.us /paraguay/51.htm (1309 words)

	History Channel Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On its W edge the plateau falls off sharply to a region of fertile grassy foothills toward the Paraguay R.; in the E it descends gradually toward the Paraná R. (the upper reaches of which are also known as the Alto Paraná).
		The population of Paraguay in 1992 was estimated at 4,123,550; for 2003 it was estimated at 5,878,000.
		Paraguay was among the states that favored collective action by the OAS against the Cuban regime, but such measures were not approved by the two-thirds majority required.
	www.historychannel.com /thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=218604 (3833 words)

	Political Divisions - Population - Paraguay - South America: paraguay population, alto paraguay, south america, capital ...
		Paraguay is divided into 17 departments, plus the capital district of Asuncion.
		Fourteen of the departments are in Paraguay proper: Alto Parana, Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canendiyu, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones, Neembucu, Paraguari, and San Pedro.
		Three of the departments are in the Gran Chaco: Alto Paraguay, Boqueron, and Presidente Hayes.
	www.countriesquest.com /south_america/paraguay/population/political_divisions.htm (94 words)

	paraguay map and map of paraguay and information page
		On the surface Paraguay appeared to be a potentially valuable Spanish dominion, but then, with no gold found, no silver to be mined, and no local Indians forced into slave labor, this isolated colony remained peaceful, and for the most part, out of the spotlight of the Spanish Crown.
		And you guessed it, Paraguay's economy crashed, political infighting continued, and a long series of dictatorships prevailed on into the late 20th century, including the 35-year military dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, which was overthrown in 1989.
		Relative Location Paraguay, dissected by the Tropic of Capricorn, is located in both the southern and western hemisphere..
	worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/samerica/py.htm (903 words)

	counproftemp
		Paraguay is a landlocked Central South American country (Figures 1 and 2) which has common frontiers with Argentina (to the south and west), Brazil (east) and Bolivia (north).
		Paraguay has two distinct main physiographic regions, the relatively dry plain of the Paraguayan Chaco (Occidental Region) geologically young, with neutral to alkaline soils, and the humid Oriental sector with ferralitic and mostly acidic soils on old crystalline rocks (gneiss, granite, schists).
		Paraguay has a multicultural rural population with strong minorities (native Indians of at least eight different ethnicities and languages, groups of settlers of Brazilian, German or Japanese origin and foreign investors) which differ considerably in their production systems, production levels and organizational structures.
	www.fao.org /ag/agp/AGPC/doc/counprof/paraguay.htm (7270 words)

	Paraguayan Linguistic Human Rights
		This information, along with language data from Paraguay’s census bureau, on-site visits by the author to elementary schools throughout the country, and interviews with individuals directly involved in language policy, is used to assess the kind of language planning that has emerged and the demographic dimensions of Paraguay’s bilingualism.
		MEC (Paraguay 1994c:5) argues that Paraguayan Guaraní is distinct from ethnic Guaraní, dialects of which are still spoken by peoples who live in traditional tribal societies and keep alive numerous aspects of their autochthonous culture.
		As the reader examines the maps of distribution of language use, she or he should keep in mind that the Chaco provinces of Boquerón, Alto Paraguay, and Presidente Hayes, all to the west of the Rio Paraguay, represent a mere 3% of the population of the country.
	www.ac.wwu.edu /~sngynan/BILX/lxright.html (3867 words)

	Peace Corps - U.S. Embassy Asuncion, Paraguay
		The Peace Corps has been working in Paraguay since 1967, and the country is one of the oldest continuously operating posts in the Peace Corps.
		After the government of Paraguay and the Peace Corps signed a joint agreement on November 4, 1966, the first Volunteers arrived in 1967 to work in agricultural extension in rural areas.
		Many former Paraguay Volunteers continue to stay informed about the country’s affairs and assist in development efforts in the country—years after they completed their service.
	paraguay.usembassy.gov /peace_corps2.html (1309 words)

	SDSU Faculty Profile - Dr. Victor M. Ponce - Hidrovia Report - Wetland Hydrology - Section 3 - The Upper Paraguay River ...
		The Upper Precambrian is represented by the groups Alto Paraguay, Corumbá, and Jacadigo, and their respective formations; the Paleozoic by the Coimbra formation; the Mesozoic by the Alkaline Fecho dos Morros formation; and the Cenozoic by the Xaraiés and Pantanal formations.
		The Riacho da Gaíba is generally as deep as the Paraguay, excluding the exit of Lagoa Gaíba, where it is extremely shallow, with a depth of 0.1-0.6 m and a width of 2000 m (DNOS, 1974).
		The connection between Lagoa Cáceres, in Bolivia, and the Paraguay river is the Canal Tamengo, with its mouth in the vicinity of Corumbá.
	ponce.sdsu.edu /report_section3.html (7719 words)

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