western Paraguay

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Western Paraguay is the sparsely populated, arid region of Paraguay that forms part of the Gran Chaco, characterized by dry forests, ranching, and indigenous communities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Upper Paraguay region 1
western Paraguay canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of Paraguay
borders Argentina NERFINISHED
Bolivia NERFINISHED
Eastern Paraguay NERFINISHED
capitalLikeCity Filadelfia NERFINISHED
contains Alto Paraguay Department NERFINISHED
Boquerón Department NERFINISHED
Chaco Boreal NERFINISHED
Presidente Hayes Department NERFINISHED
country Paraguay NERFINISHED
crossedBy Paraguay River NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Ayoreo people NERFINISHED
Enxet people NERFINISHED
Guaraní peoples NERFINISHED
Mennonite colonists
Nivaclé people NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic arid
dry forests
indigenous communities
ranching economy
sparsely populated
hasClimate semi-arid
tropical savanna
hasEcosystem dry Chaco forest
savanna
thorn scrub
hasEnvironmentalIssue deforestation
desertification risk
hasLandUse extensive cattle ranches
small-scale subsistence farming
hasLanguage Guaraní
Spanish
hasPopulationDensity low
hasSoilType alluvial soils
sandy soils
hasTransportInfrastructure Trans-Chaco Highway NERFINISHED
hasVegetation xerophytic vegetation
largestTown Filadelfia NERFINISHED
locatedIn South America
Southern Cone NERFINISHED
majorEconomicActivity agriculture
cattle ranching
forestry
partOf Gran Chaco NERFINISHED
religion Mennonite Christianity
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
timeZone UTC−04:00
timeZoneDST UTC−03:00

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gran Chaco countryPortion western Paraguay
Ñuflo de Chaves areaOfExploration western Paraguay
this entity surface form: Upper Paraguay region