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32 unusual facts about Paraguay


Afro-Paraguayans

As already mentioned, there are three communities of Afro - Paraguayan: the Kamba Cuá, in the Central Department (outside Asuncion), Kamba Kokue, meaning "chacra de negros" (farm of blacks) in Guarani language, and is situated in the Paraguarí Department, and Emboscada, in the Cordillera Department.

Alfredo Mendoza

Alfredo Damián Mendoza Sulewski (born 12 December 1963 in Encarnación) is a retired football striker from Paraguay.

Ángel Amarilla

Born in Eusebio Ayala, Amarilla was signed by Valencia CF in the summer of 1999, being hailed as of one of the biggest promises in his country after playing as a 17-year-old for Atlético de Rafaela, which led his agent Eduardo Gamarnik trying to find a club for him in Europe.

Carlos Guirland

Carlos Alberto Guirland Báez (born 18 September 1961 in San Ignacio) is a retired football (soccer) midfielder from Paraguay.

Celso Duarte

Celso Duarte (born June 1974, in Villarrica, Paraguay) is a virtuoso of Paraguayan harp and Mexican jarocho harp, arranger, singer, and multi-talented instrumentalist.

Claudio Delgado

Claudio Delgado (born 21 June 1984 in San Lorenzo, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for 2 de Mayo of the Division Intermedia in Paraguay.

David Portillo

David Portillo (born 24 November 1984 in San Juan Bautista, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Deportes Antofagasta of the Primera División in Chile.

Edison Giménez

Mario Edison Giménez (born 5 April 1981 in Pedro Juan Caballero) is a Paraguayan footballer that currently plays for Colombian Primera A side Itagüí as striker.

Eligio Echagüe

Eligio Silvestre Echagüe Delgado (born 31 December 1938 in Concepción, Paraguay) is a former football defender; most commonly playing in the left-back position.

Elvis Marecos

Elvis Israel Marecos (born 15 February 1980 in Itá) is a football left defender from Paraguay, who is currently playing for Club Guaraní in his native country.

Enrique Gabriel Meza

Born in Villa Elisa, Meza has played club football in Paraguay, Uruguay and France for Sol de América, Nacional, Juventud, Dijon and Olimpia.

Ethnography of Argentina

Finally, through centuries people from neighboring countries like Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru immigrated to Argentina, establishing important communities.

Félix Toranzos

"Espacios y construcciones", "De realismos y Surrealismos", Galería Arte-Sanos/ San Bernardino, Paraguay.

Geology of Paraguay

The Creataceous volcanism did also created minor outcrops of potassic alkaline volcanics in a graben structure developed between Asunción and Villarrica and in Amambay Department.

Jenaro Pindú

"Paraguayan Plastic Art in Hispanic Heritage Week" at the Institute of Hispanic Culture of Guaira Villarrica.

Jorge Daniel Florentín

Jorge Daniel Florentín (born December 08, 1982 in San Lorenzo, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Sportivo Carapeguá of the Primera División in Paraguay.

José Pedrozo

José Pedrozo (born 21 April 1982 in San Ignacio, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for San Marcos de Arica of the Primera B Chilena.

Jovita Feitosa

Antonia Alves ("Jovita") Feitosa (Tauá, Brazil, March 8, 1848 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 9, 1867 or Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay, August 16, 1869), was a military heroine and a symbol for the war against sexism.

Juan Rodrigo Rojas

Juan Rodrigo Rojas Ovelar (born 9 April 1988 in Fernando de la Mora) is a Paraguayan football midfielder, who plays for Universidad de Chile of the Chilean Primera División.

Juan Zacarías Ramírez

Juan Zacarías Ramírez Candia (born 25 May 1965 in Encarnación, Paraguay) is a former football defender and coach.

Justo Villar

Born in Cerrito, Ñeembucú Department, Villar started his career at Club Sol de América where he was coached by legendary Ever Hugo Almeida, also a goalkeeper, as the side also included another famed player in that position as the keepers' coach, Modesto Sandoval.

Marcelo Estigarribia

Marcelo Alejandro Estigarribia Balmori (born 21 September 1987 in Fernando de la Mora) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Atalanta, on loan from Deportivo Maldonado.

Margaret Hebblethwaite

Since 2000 she has been a freelance missionary and educationalist in Santa María, Paraguay, pioneering and supporting community work in education.

Néstor Isasi

Néstor Isasi (born 9 April 1970 in Encarnación, Paraguay) is a former Paraguayan footballer who played in clubs of Paraguay, Brazil, Chile and Peru.

Paraguayan architecture

Among the few examples of works of the period is the council of the city of Pilar.

Paraguayan Civil War

Out of eleven army divisions, four joined the rebels-on March 8 the two infantry divisions at Concepcion rebelled, joined by the two Chaco infantry divisions a few days later.

Posadas, Misiones

Father Roque González de Santa Cruz established a town called Anunciación de Itapúa on March 25, 1615, but ten years later the settlement was moved to the other side of the Paraná River to the present location of Encarnación, Paraguay.

Posadas is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, located at the south of the province, on the left-hand (eastern) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Encarnación, Paraguay.

San Juan Bautista, Paraguay

The city is the third most populated one in Misiones, after San Ignacio and Ayolas.

Saturnino Arrúa

Born in Itá near Asunción, Arrúa made his senior debuts at only 14, with local Sportivo Iteño.

Tebicuary River

Located in the southwestern part of that country, it flows eastwards discharging to Paraguay River about 45 km south of Formosa and 30 km north of Pilar.

Víctor Ayala

Víctor Hugo Ayala Núñez (born 1 January 1988 in Eusebio Ayala) is a Paraguayan football midfielder who currently plays for Club Atlético Lanús.


Adolfo Lazzarini

He then played in 1980 for LDU Quito and came back to Paraguay in 1982 to play for Cerro Porteño of Presidente Franco to put an end to his career.

Alejandro Da Silva

In 2005 Da Silva returned to Paraguay to rejoin Cerro Porteño where he played until his transfer to Newell's Old Boys in 2007.

Amambay Department

Pedro Juan Caballero, the capital of the department, is still known by its old name, Punta Porá, used by the traveling merchants that transported yerba from Mato Grosso to Concepción.

Armel Koulara

An agile and sprightly goalkeeper in addition to being a penalty specialist, Armel is Gazelle's first choice penalty taker, following in the footsteps of other goal-scoring 'keepers such as Brazilian Rogério Ceni, Vincent Enyeama of Hapoel Tel Aviv and Nigeria, Hans-Jörg Butt of FC Bayern Munich and José Luis Chilavert, formerly of Paraguay.

Blas Irala

Blas Irala (born November 30, 1983 in Piribebuy, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Nacional of the Primera División in Paraguay.

César Alonso de las Heras

He investigated about the Ypacaraí Lake, its legends and history; about Domingo Martínez de Irala and about little known facts of the Jesuit Missions in the Paraguay.

Chamacoco

According to the 2002 census the population yshyr in Paraguay that identified themselves as ysyr was 1571 people, mainly located in the district of Fuerte Olimpo in Paraguay, being the largest migrant group which is in the district Ygatimí (85 in 2002).

Danilo Aceval

Danilo Vicente Aceval Maldonado (born 15 September 1975 in Arroyo, Paraguay) is a retired Paraguayan football goalkeeper.

Eco Reserva Mbatoví

The Eco-reserva Mbatoví is a protected area and nature reserve located in the Paraguarí Department, Paraguay, in the middle of the Cordillera de los Altos, between Paraguarí and Piribebuy, in the Central Litoral.

Eliza Lynch

The play Visions (1978) by Louis Nowra depicts Lynch and López leading Paraguay to disaster in the Paraguayan War.

Emilio Bigi

Emilio Bigi was born in Asunción, Paraguay, on July 1, 1910, son of Elisa Bigi, from the Italian collectivity in this country.

Epapterus dispilurus

Epapterus dispilurus is a species of driftwood catfish distributed in the central and western parts of the Amazon River basin along and south of the main channel of the Amazon River, and Paraguay River basin in Paraguay, northern Argentina and southern Brazil.

Evanílson Aparecido Ferreira

Evanílson gained 13 caps for Brazil in one year, playing in two games at the 1999 Copa América as Cafu's backup, with the national team winning the tournament in Paraguay.

Guaíra Falls

The falls comprised 18 cataracts clustered in seven groups—hence their Portuguese name, Sete Quedas (Seven Falls)—near the Brazilian municipality of Guaíra, Paraná and Salto de Guairá, the easternmost city in Paraguay.

Harles Bourdier

Harles Daniel Bourdier (born 14 August 1972 in Asunción) is a retired Paraguayan international footballer.

In the Hell of Chaco

The two later had a violent death: shortly after being elected president of Paraguay on August 15, 1939, Estigarribia died alongside his wife on September 7, 1940 in a plane crash in Loma Grande.

Jonathan Santana

In June 2007, Santana received Paraguayan citizenship (his mother is a Paraguayan citizen born in San Ignacio, Misiones Department and Argentina did not recognize dual citizenship).

Jorge Gaona

Jorge Constantino Gaona Aranda, more commonly known as Jorge Gaona (born 26 January 1985 in Asunción), is a Paraguayan football midfielder.

Julio Aguilar

Julio Ramón Aguilar Franco (born 1 July 1986 in La Pastora) is a Paraguayan footballer who currently plays for Club Sol de América.

Lorentziella

The genus contains a single species Lorentziella imbricatum known from central Texas, Mexico, and South America (Argentina, Paraguay, & Uruguay).

Luis Fernando Páez

Luis Fernando Páez González (born December 19, 1989 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Tacuary in the Primera División Paraguaya.

Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre

The allies invaded Paraguay in April 1866, but after initial success, their advance was blocked by fortifications at Humaitá and along the Paraguay River.

Marco Lazaga

Marco Antonio Lazaga Dávalos, (born 26 February 1983 in Nanawa) is a football striker from Paraguay, who currently plays for Olimpia in the Paraguayan Primera División.

Mburuvichá Roga

Residencia Presidencial Mburuvichá Róga (Guarani for House of the Chief) is a building in Asuncion, Paraguay, that serves as the official residence for the President and First Lady of Paraguay, and is also the official headquarters of the Office of the First Lady of the Nation.

Michael Godoy

Michael Godoy (born 17 July 1983 in Caacupé, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Universidad de Concepción of the Primera División in Chile.

Moisés Santiago Bertoni

Participates of the country's public life, and having conducted research for proper cultivation in Paraguay, was invited by the Paraguayan president, General Juan Bautista Egusquiza (1845–1902), to form an Agricultural Institute in Asunción.

Morpho thamyris

The Thamyris Morpho, Morpho thamyris, is a Neotropical butterfly found in Paraguay and Brazil (Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul).

Nelson David Cabrera

Nelson David Cabrera (born 22 April 1983 in Itauguá) is a Paraguayan football defender who last played for Club Bolivar in Bolivia.

Nicolás Suárez Vaca

Suárez made his debut for the Bolivian national team on November 3, 1999 in a friendly match against Paraguay, as a substitute for Gonzalo Galindo.

Nueva Colombia District

Nueva Colombia is a distrito in the Cordillera Department of Paraguay, located on the road between Emboscada and San Bernardino.

Paulo Roberto Curtis Costa

Paulo Roberto Curtis Costa (born January 27, 1963 in Viamão, Brazil) is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played for clubs in Brazil and Paraguay.

Pereskia

Pereskia sacharosa The Gran Chaco including Mato Grosso region (Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay), and lowlands of the Andes in northwestern Argentina at elevations of 1000–2500 m.

Ricardo Sanabria

Ricardo Sanabria Acuña (born 31 October 1969 in San Lorenzo, Central) is a retired football (soccer) defender from Paraguay.

Riechia

Riechia is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae containing only one species, Riechia acraeoides, which is found in Peru, Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina.

Sálvio Spínola Fagundes Filho

Following the retirement of fellow countryman Carlos Eugênio Simon he finally secured his maiden Copa América appointment in 2011, where he went on to officiate the final between Uruguay and Paraguay.

San Bernardino, Paraguay

San Bernardino (commonly known as Samber) is a town and distrito in Paraguay, located on the shores of Ypacarai Lake in the Cordillera Department.

San Rafael Reserve of Manageable Resources

The park is also the only place in Paraguay where there have been sightings of the “morena” eagle or “harpía”, maracaná, red and blue parrot, yacutinga, yellow toucan and golden woodpecker, among others.

San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge

The bridge was first projected in 1977 through an agreement between the governments of Argentina and Paraguay, as a compensation to Paraguay for the flooding of part of its territory by the Yacyretá Dam.

Schinopsis

The species within this genus inhabit different regions of the Gran Chaco ecoregion including parts of northern Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Scientific Monument Moises Bertoni

The Scientific Monument Moises Bertoni is located in the District of Presidente Franco, Department of Alto Paraná, Paraguay riverside Paraná between 25 ° 39 'south latitude, 54 west eighth 36'longitud, approximately 26 km of the city of Presidente Franco and was recognized on April 13, 1955, has an area of 199 hectares.

T. aurea

Tabebuia aurea, a plant species native to South America in Suriname, Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and northern Argentina

Thomas Jefferson Page

Following this, Lieutenant Page commanded the USS Water Witch in which he explored the Argentine rivers Paraguay and Bermejo in the late 1850s, making the first detailed hydrological studies of the Rio de la Plata.

Tim Parkin

He played the second leg of the 1979 Intercontinental Cup final (played in March 1980), which ended in defeat to Paraguayan club Club Olimpia.

Tomás Guzmán

Tomás Guzmán fullname Tomás Andrés Guzmán Gaetan (born 7 March 1982 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan football striker who plays for Olimpia in the Primera División Paraguaya.

Vidal Sanabria

Carlos Vidal Sanabria Acuña (born 11 April 1966 in San Lorenzo, Paraguay) is a former football midfielder from Paraguay.

Yataity del Norte

Yataity del Norte is a town and district in the San Pedro department of Paraguay, you can access this district by Route 8 "Dr. Blás Garay", like most people who were born and grew up on the side of the road, is a laborious community, which focuses on trade and agricultural production.