the republic of p araguay
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The Republic of P araguay. By :Raymond Malo. Map of Paraguay. The Capital of P araguay is Asuncio ́ n. Capital de Paraguay. The government is a Constitutional Republic. The languages are Spanish and Guaraní. Land. The highest elevation is 2762 ft (342 m) above sea level - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Republic of Paraguay
By :Raymond Malo
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Map of Paraguay
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The Capital of Paraguay is Asuncio n.
• Capital de Paraguay
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The government is a Constitutional Republic.
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The languages are Spanish and Guarani
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Land
• The highest elevation is 2762 ft (342 m) above sea level
• The lowest point is150 ft (40 m) above sea level
• The interior forest covers most of the east.
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Climate
• Average temp is 70°f (28° c).• Average precipitin 70 in (178 cm) east
Paraguay.• 20 in (51 cm) west Paraguay
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Population
• National population is 6,000,000• The largest population is in the Capital
Asuncion with 539,000 • (All from 2003)
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Religion
• 95% of Parogayons are catholic the other 2% are protestant
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Currency
• Guarari is the national currency
• 1 U.S dollar is = to 6,250 guarari
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Heritage
• The 1st people arrived I Paraguay in 7000-6000 B.C.
• Some of the tribes from Paraguay were the Ache-Guayaki and the Toba-Maskoy
• The Native Indians left almost no evidence of them being there.
• All that remains are cave drawings of geometric shapes and animals including the armadillo.
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Food
• The national drink is yerba mate (also known as Paraguay tea)
• The national dish is Sopa Paraguan (Paraguyan soup)
• Yerba mate http://www.veggiebelly.com/2009/04/yerba-mate-a-south-american-herbal-drink.html
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Landmarks
• Itaipu Dam• Pantheon of Heroes
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Education
• Kids must go to school for 6 years. • The school year begins in March and ends in
December.• They go to school for four hours a day,
from7:00 am to 11:00 am.• If the school is crowed some kids must go
from 1:00pm to 5:00pm.
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Music
• http://www.bluecaps.com.py/en/content/music-paraguay
• http://www.lyricsondemand.com/miscellaneouslyrics/nationalanthemslyrics/paraguaynationalanthemlyrics.html
• Music has been important part of life to the people of paraguay.
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Dance
• http://luquelife.blogspot.com/2009/02/paraguayan-dance.html
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Recreation
• They play baseball• They like to take music lessons to play the
piano or the guitar.
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Sports
• Many Paraguay people love soccer ,basketball, and vollyball
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flag
• The colors of the flag are just like us red, white and blue
• The red stands for justice• The white stands for peace• And the blue stands for liberty
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Famous people
• One person is augusto Roa Bastos .• He was a famous writer. • Another person is General Alfredo Stressner• He was a dictator that ruled paragauy.
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Natural resources
• The national bird is the bare throated bell bird • The national flower is the mburucuya (passion
fruit )• One big plant they grow is soy.
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Bodies of water
• The Pilcomayo River• The Paraguay River• The Parane River• Represa de Itaipu• The Lindo River• The Verde River• The Ape River• The Tebicuary River
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