PARAGUAY Do you even know where it is? Can you point it out on a map? If you are like me then I am guessing you know Nothing about Paraguay other than being a country First of all, it's right here at the heart of South America And sometimes even called like that coz .... it's like in the middle So, Hey guys a very happy day to everyone watching Paraguay is the weirdest most backwards Latin American country We see white people speaking a native indigenous language And at one point it was illegal for the people of the same race to marry each other THE SAME RACE So, Let's know about this Paraguay and Stay with me till the end Paraguay has around 7.1 Million population Out of which around 89% follow Roman Catholicism Which is highly respected Paraguay is a bilingual country having Guarani and Spanish as their national language. Although people are more fluent in Guarani. And this Guarani language makes a Paraguayan a Paraguayan. Asuncion is the capital city of Paraguay Currency of Paraguay is Paraguayan guarani. And 1$ is around 7050 guarani So, which kind of makes Paraguay as a cheap country Football is the national sport although basketball is also played often. Paraguay is surrounded with BOLIVIA BRAZIL AND AREGENTINA. Now one thing you cannot miss if you come to Paraguay is the Bottle dance or the Danza de la botella where women dance while balancing up to 10 bottles on their heads. Secondly, you can find terere everywhere all over the streets. It is a traditional drink of Paraguay and are proud of it. Interestingly you won't see door bells Infront of the houses so inorder to call someone out you need to basically clap your hands. Despite of being a landlocked country Paraguay has the largest navy considering all landlocked nations. Landlocked nation mean a country with no direct access to coastline. Itaipu dam is world’s 2nd largest dam completed in 1982 and shared with brazil. Paraguays physical growth has seen a comfortable incline due to this hydroelectric resource and 100% of Paraguay's electricity is produced through this dam Making them one of the cleanest energy efficient countries. The output of this dam is in huge amount and Paraguay uses some fractions of it and the remaining part goes to brazil. Paraguayans love their beef. They even once held the world record for the largest barbecue in the world with around 30000 attendees in 2008 One of the most brutal war in South America was the war of triple alliance from 1864-1870 as Paraguay simultaneously fought with Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. It was so deadly that more than 50% population of Paraguay died and after that only 28,000 men were alive. Even after triple alliance war Paraguay fought with Bolivia till 1935 known as the CHACO WAR. If we clearly see boundaries of Paraguay They are made up of rivers Parana river flows in the east side of Paraguay and it create an amazing Triple frontier, a famous tri border area along the junction of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay The other one is the Paraguay river which essentially bisects the country in the middle and is the motivation behind the name of the country. The western part of Paraguay river is called GRAN CHACO REGION which is relatively flat, drier most boring part of country and it is the part won from Bolivia in the CHACO WAR and the eastern part is called Paranena region. Paraguay has an unusual distribution of land. The Chaco region makes up about 60% of country yet only holds about 5% of population. So, not much people live there and I hope you have probably been able to gather by now Most of the fun stuff happens on East side of Paraguay. Not only this Paraguay has a struggling economy with unusual distribution of wealth. Around 161 people owns about 90% of Paraguayan wealth. And only 1% of land owners owns around 70% of land. Interestingly, in Defensores del Chaco national park where you can find this strange brain shaped geological structure that pops out of nowhere. And nobody knows how it was formed And another thing is if you see this Chaco region from space you will see all these rectangular plots. Those are not farms Those are sectioned off holdings for lumber. I mean that's quite a lot isn't it I would like to end with current issue of COVID-19 Total cases of Coronavirus in Paraguay till now is about 83,000 And recovery rate is nearly 75% So, Friends this was Paraguay Tell us in comment section how was the video. If you liked my video do not hesitate to like and keep me motivated by subscribing and pressing the bell icon Let's meet on our next video until that Adios y cuídate.