Paraguay

Official Name: Tetä Paraguáype or República de Paraguay
Capitals: Asunción
Population: 7,353,000 (2021 est.)
Size: 59th largest country in the world (7,359,000 km2)
• Paraguay is derived from two Guaraní words—paraguá “feather crown” and y “water” – “feather crown of waters”
• Paraguay is a bilingual nation—Guaraní and Spanish
• Paraguay has the only national flag in the world with different emblems on each side
• Home to the oldest railway line in South America
• Paraguay has the largest navy of all landlocked countries
• Is nicknamed “Heart of America” because of its central location
• The flag’s red represents equality, courage and patriotism, the white is unity, purity and peace, and the blue freedom, charity and righteousness while the emblem on the front is the state emblem of the country and the back emblem is the country’s Treasure Seal.