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30 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.

Cirilo R. Zayas

With all his knowledge he was also the editor chief in the magazine of the Police department of the capital and director of Culture of the Municipality in Encarnación, the Sub-Secretary of Information and Culture of the Republic’s Presidency and was also Vice-President of the Autores Paraguayos Asociados (APA), as well as chief of Public Relations of the Government Delegation of Alto Paraná.

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.

Domingo Salcedo

José Domingo Salcedo González (born 9 November 1983 in Concepción) is a Paraguayan football midfielder currently playing for Cerro Porteño.

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.

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.

Ethnography of Argentina

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

Football Federation of the 1st Department Concepción

The main office of this federation is located in the city of Concepción.

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The Liga Concepcionera de Fútbol is based in the city of Concepción.

Germán Centurión

Germán Centurión (born 5 May 1980 in Concepción, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Independiente Santa Fe of the Primera División in Colombia.

Hugo Ovelar

Hugo Ovelar (born 21 February 1971 in Concepción, Paraguay) is a former Paraguayan footballer who playing for clubs in Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Bolivia and in the Paraguay national football team in the Copa América Bolivia 1997 and Paraguay 1999.

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.

Juan Casco

Juan Gualberto Casco Bogarín (born 12 July 1945 in Encarnación) is a retired Paraguayan football player who played for Elche CF and Real Murcia.

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.

Julia Isídrez

Isídrez was born on February 16, 1967, in Itá in the Central Department, a city that is also nicknamed the Capital of Ceramics.

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.

Paraguayan architecture

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

Presbyterian Church in Paraguay

The Presbyterian Church in San Lorenzo celebrates the 25th anniversary of Presbyterianism in San Lorenzo, Paraguay.

Roberto Cabañas

Roberto Cabañas González (born 11 April 1961 in Pilar, Paraguay) is a former Paraguayan professional football player who played as a striker.

San Juan Bautista, Paraguay

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

Saro Vera

Since assuming his role in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, he decided not to be a priest in the town of Villarrica, but to work among the poor of the parish of Buena Vista, where he was for many years.

Vicente Paciello

Vicente Paciello (born 28 February 1986 in Concepción, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Sportivo San Lorenzo of the División Intermedia in Paraguay.

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.

Víctor Ramón Ferreira

Víctor Ramón Ferreira Barrios (born 9 May 1986 in Pedro Juan Caballero) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Real Garcilaso.

Victoriano Leguizamón

Victoriano Leguizamón (born 1922 in Concepción – 7 April 2007) is a former football midfielder and coach from Paraguay.

Zona Franca of Iquique

It has become an important center of trade in foreign countries in the region as Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru and Bolivia.


2009 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2009 División Profesional season (officially the 2009 Copa TIGO for sponsorship reasons) is the 75th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

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.

Asunción Escalada National Highschool

In 2012 the institution was in charge of organizing the ESI-AMLAT science fair, which attracted young Scientists from around the world to Paraguay in order to share their knowledge in various branches of the science.

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.

Carlos Bonet

Carlos Bonet Cáceres (born 2 October 1977 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a right winger for Cerro Porteño in the Paraguayan Primera División.

Cayetano Ré

Cayetano Ré Ramírez (7 February 1938 – 26 November 2013) was a Paraguayan footballer striker and coach who was born in Asunción.

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).

Derlis González

Derlis Alberto González Galeano (born 20 March 1994 in Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Olimpia on loan from Benfica and the Paraguay national under-20 football team.

Edgar Balbuena

Edgar Gabriel Balbuena Adorno or, simply, Edgar Balbuena (born 20 November 1980 in Capiatá) is a Paraguayan footballer.

Enrique Jara Saguier

Enrique is one of the seven Jara Saguier brothers that played professional football in Paraguay.

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.

Felipe Peralta

He played professional football in Paraguay, and also had a spell in Colombia, playing for Deportivo Pereira.

Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos

Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos (May 1, 1926 – March 19, 2009) was the Paraguayan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción from his appointment on May 20, 1989, until his retirement on June 12, 2002.

General Francisco Álvarez

General Francisco Álvarez (also known as Puente Kyhá) is a town and district in the Canendiyú department of Paraguay.

Grupo Cartes

Grupo Cartes is a business conglomerate owned by Paraguay's president-elect Horacio Cartes.

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.

Jorge Amado Nunes

Jorge Amado Nunes Infrán (born 18 October 1961 in Berazategui, Argentina) is a former Paraguayan football midfielder that currently works as a coach.

Jorge Gaona

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

Jorge Luis Campos

Jorge Luis Campos Velázquez (born 11 August 1970 in Asunción) is a former Paraguayan footballer, who played as a midfielder or upfront.

José María De Filippi

José María De Filippi (born March 26, 1982 in Posadas, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for 3 de Febrero of the Primera Division in Paraguay.

Juan Eulogio Estigarribia

Juan Eulogio Estigarribia is a city in the country of Paraguay.

K. David Harrison

Harrison has done field work on endangered languages in Siberia and Mongolia Tuvan, Tsengel Tuvan, Tofa, Ös, Tuha, Monchak, Munda, and also in Paraguay, Chile, Papua New Guinea, and India.

Lorentziella

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

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.

Miguel Ángel Benítez

Benítez left Espanyol in January 2002 to return to Paraguay, and signed for Asunción's Club Olimpia.

Moisés Santiago Bertoni

Plant usual Paraguay: Alto Parana and Misiones; nomenclature, characters, properties applications according to research by the author, or data from credible persons or make use of them Indians, including a study of physical and industrial timber.

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 Cuevas

Nelson Rafael Cuevas Amarilla (born 10 January 1980 in Asunción, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan former footballer and current singer.

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.

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.

Óscar Denis

Oscar Denis Sánchez (born 2 October 1946, in Concepción) is a Paraguayan politician and the current Vice President.

Osvaldo Peralta

Osvaldo Antonio Peralta Medina (born 2 February 1971 in San Pedro del Paraná, Itapúa) is a retired football (soccer) defender from Paraguay.

Paraguay–United States relations

In September 2009 Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo revoked plans for US troops to hold joint military exercises and development projects after stating that he no longer thinks that hosting troops taking part in the US department of defence’s "New Horizons" programme was worthwhile.

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.

Ricardo Migliorisi

Ricardo was born in Asunción, Paraguay, on January 6, 1948 to Isolina Salsa Ferraris and Salvador Migliorisi Tumino, of Italian origin.

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.

Robert Servín

Robert Antonio Servín (born 18 July 1984 in Cecilio Báez) is a Paraguayan footballer playing for Everton.

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.

Schinopsis

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

Schinopsis lorentzii

Schinopsis lorentzii is a hardwood tree, native of the Paraguayan subtropical area, which forms forests in Gran Chaco region of Argentina, in Paraguay, and Bolivia.

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.

Vidal Sanabria

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