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ID: 1000055
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Record Type: administrative |
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Paraguay (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 23 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -23.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 058 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -58.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Original inhabitants of area were Guaraní-speaking Amerindians, who were seminomadic & practiced agriculture, hunting & fishing; Spanish arrived in early 16th cen.; Jesuits had great power 1606-1767; part of viceroyalty Río de la Plata 1776-1810; official language is Spanish. |
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| Paraguay (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Paraguay (French-P,U,N)
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| Paraguay (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Paraguay (Guarani-P,U,N)
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| Paraguay Retãn (C,V)
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| República del Paraguay (C,V,Spanish,U,N)
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| Republic of Paraguay (C,O,English,U,N)
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| République du Paraguay (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Paraguai (C,O)
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| PRY (C,O,ISO3L)
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| PY (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO600 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| PA00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Paraguayan (C,O,English,U,A)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence May 14, 1811 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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| dictatorship (H) |
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until 1840 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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