The Republic of Paraguay is a country of America, located in the south central and eastern region of South America and in the north and northeast region of the Cono Sur. Paraguayan territory occupies two distinct regions separated by the Paraguay River, the Oriental, which is the most populated, and the Occidental, part of the Chaco Boreal. It is a country that has no sea coast, in contrast to its neighbors with the exception of Bolivia, although their river water costs two major rivers, the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that flow naturally to the Rio de la Plata, both fully navigable. They are used as escape routes by sea and regional conventions provide Paraguay free access to seaports as Nueva Palmira in Uruguay through the Paraguay-Paraná. Paraguay has border on the south, southeast and southwest with Argentina, on the east with Brazil and with Bolivia to the northwest.
Paraguay is a secular, democratic and unified state, organized into 17 governorates or departments and one capital. It has a medium HDI maintaining providing Paraguay one of the lowest ranks in South America after Guyana, and also has a developing economy. Among his greatest highlights we remind the electricity potential of export, the second largest exporter of energy, and owns with Brazil one of the largest operational hydroelectric power in the world. It is the sixth largest producer of soybeans and ninth largest exporter of beef. Its geographic location is known as the heartland of America.
