State

Paraguay

sovereign state in South America

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1811–1945
Founded
1811
Capital
Asunción
Languages
Spanish, Guarani

Overview

Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country located in the central region of South America. It borders Bolivia to the northwest and north, Brazil to the northeast and east, and Argentina to the southeast, south, and west. Paraguay has access to the Atlantic Ocean via the Paraná–Paraguay Waterway, a system of navigable channels shared by five countries. The country is governed as a unitary presidential republic composed of a capital district and seventeen departments. Its capital and largest city is Asunción. It dates its independence from Spain to 1811.

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All rulers (42)

  1. José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia1813–1814
  2. Manuel Antonio Ortiz1840–1841
  3. Carlos Antonio López1844–1862
  4. Francisco Solano López1862–1870
  5. Facundo Machaín1870
  6. Juan Bautista Gill1874–1877
  7. Higinio Uriarte1877–1878
  8. Cándido Bareiro1878–1880
  9. Adolfo Saguier1880–1881
  10. Bernardino Caballero1881–1886
  11. Patricio Escobar1886–1890
  12. Juan Gualberto González1890–1894
  13. Marcos Morínigo1894
  14. Juan Bautista Egusquiza1894–1898
  15. Emilio Aceval1898–1902
  16. Andrés Héctor Carvallo1902
  17. Juan Antonio Escurra1902–1904
  18. Juan Bautista Gaona1904–1905
  19. Cecilio Báez1905–1906
  20. Benigno Ferreira1906–1908
  21. Emiliano González Navero1908–1910
  22. Manuel Gondra1910–1911
  23. Albino Jara1911
  24. Liberato Marcial Rojas1911–1912
  25. Pedro Peña1912
  26. Eduardo Schaerer1912–1916
  27. Emiliano González Navero1912
  28. Manuel Franco1916–1919
  29. José Pedro Montero1919–1920
  30. Manuel Gondra1920–1921
  31. Eusebio Ayala1921–1923
  32. Eligio Ayala1923–1924
  33. Eligio Ayala1924–1928
  34. Luis Alberto Riart1924
  35. José Patricio Guggiari1928–1931
  36. Emiliano González Navero1931–1932
  37. José Patricio Guggiari1932
  38. Eusebio Ayala1932–1936
  39. Rafael Franco1936–1937
  40. Félix Paiva1937–1939
  41. José Félix Estigarribia1939–1940
  42. Higinio Morínigo1940–1948

Records (56)

  1. 1721–1735 — Revolt of the ComunerosRebellion
  2. 1811 — Battle of ParaguariBattle · Paraguayan Rebels ▸ Argentina
  3. 1811 — Battle of TacauriBattle · Paraguayan Rebels ▸ Argentina
  4. 1827 — Battle of ItuzaingoBattle · Argentina, Uruguayan Rebels ▸ Brazil
  5. 1864–1870 — Paraguayan WarWar
  6. 1865 — Battle of RiachueloNaval battle
  7. 1865 — Battle of Paso de MercedesNaval battle
  8. 1865 — Battle of MbutuyBattle · Brazil ▸ Paraguay
  9. 1866 — Battle of CurupaityBattle
  10. 1866 — Battle of Estero BellacoBattle
  11. 1866 — Battle of CuruzúBattle
  12. 1866 — Battle of BoquerónBattle
  13. 1866 — Battle of Boqueron, NhembucuBattle · Paraguay ▸ Brazil, Argentina
  14. 1866 — Battle of CorralesBattle · Paraguay ▸ Argentina
  15. 1866 — Battle of FluvialBattle · Brazil, Argentina ▸ Paraguay
  16. 1867 — Second Battle of TuyutíBattle
  17. 1867 — Siege of CurupaitiNaval battle
  18. 1867 — Battle of TatayibáBattle
  19. 1867–1868 — Siege of HumaitáSiege
  20. 1867 — Battle of AlegreNaval battle
  21. 1868 — Battle of Lomas ValentinasBattle
  22. 1868 — Battle of AvayBattle
  23. 1868 — Passage of HumaitáNaval battle
  24. 1868 — Battle of AcayuazáBattle
  25. 1868 — 1868 San Fernando massacreMassacre
  26. 1868 — Assault on the battleships Cabral and Lima BarrosNaval battle
  27. 1868 — Battle of Angostura, ParaguayBattle · Brazil ▸ Paraguay
  28. 1868 — Battle of Ita YbateBattle · Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay ▸ Paraguay
  29. 1868 — Battle of TebicauriBattle · Brazil ▸ Paraguay
  30. 1868 — Battle of YtororoBattle · Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina ▸ Paraguay
  31. 1869 — Victoria de paraguayBattle
  32. 1869–1870 — Campaign of the HillsCampaign
  33. 1869 — Battle of CaguijuruBattle
  34. 1869 — Concepción massacreMassacre
  35. 1869 — Piribebuy massacreMassacre
  36. 1869 — Caguijuru massacreMassacre
  37. 1869 — Battle of PiribebuyBattle · Brazil ▸ Paraguay
  38. 1870 — Battle of Cerro CoráBattle
  39. 1870 — Battle of Cerro CoraBattle · Brazil ▸ Paraguay
  40. 1906 — Battle of VanguardiaBattle · Bolivia ▸ Paraguay
  41. 1911–1912 — 1911 Paraguayan Civil WarWar
  42. 1923 — Paraguayan Civil War of 1922–1923War
  43. 1932–1935 — Chaco WarWar
  44. 1932 — Battle of BoquerónBattle
  45. 1932–1933 — Battle of Kilometer 7Battle
  46. 1933 — First Battle of NanawaBattle
  47. 1933 — Battle of GondraBattle
  48. 1933 — Battle of Campo JordánBattle
  49. 1933 — Battle of Campo GrandeBattle
  50. 1933 — First Battle of AlihuatáBattle
  51. 1933 — Second Battle of NanawaBattle
  52. 1933 — Battle of NanawaBattle · Paraguay ▸ Bolivia
  53. 1934 — Battle of El CarmenBattle
  54. 1934–1935 — Battle of YbybobóBattle
  55. 1934 — Battle of YrendagüéBattle
  56. 1935 — Battle of Ingavi (1935)Battle

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