Paraguay

Did you know?

• 🗣Officially bilingual in Spanish and Guaraní — and Guaraní is the everyday language for most people.
• 🚢Has the largest navy of any landlocked country — patrolling the Paraguay and Paraná rivers.
• 🏅The Itaipu Dam, shared with Brazil, is one of the world's largest hydroelectric plants.
• 👥About 95% of the population are of mixed indigenous and European descent (mestizo).
• ⚔️Fought the deadliest war in modern Latin American history (1864–70) and lost more than half its population.