| Country Name | Paraguay |
| Full Country Name | Republic of Paraguay |
| Local - Long | Republica del Paraguay |
| Local - Short | Paraguay |
| Etymology- history of name | the precise meaning of the name Paraguay is unclear, but it seems to derive from the river of the same name; one explanation has the name meaning "water of the Payagua" (an indigenous tribe that lived along the river) |
| Government Type | presidential republic |
| Capital Name | Asuncion |
| Capital - geographic coordinate | 25 16 S, 57 40 W |
| Capital Time Difference | UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
| Daylight Savings Time | +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends fourth Sunday in March |
| Independence | 14 May 1811 (from Spain) |
| National Holiday | Independence Day, 14 May 1811 (observed 15 May) |
| Constitution | several previous; latest approved and promulgated 20 June 1992; amended 2011, 2014 |
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