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Paraguay

Capital: Asunción

  • The ruins of two 18th-century Jesuit missions, La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue, are a UNESCO site inscribed in 1993.
  • More than 90% of Paraguayans speak Guaraní dialects alongside Spanish, the two official languages.
  • The Itaipú Dam on the Paraná River is the third-largest hydroelectric dam in the world by energy produced.
  • Saltos del Monday are three main falls, more than 40 metres high, set in a natural reserve of dense vegetation.

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