paraguay | ethnicgroup | mestizo <tsp> agustín_barboza | deathplace | asunción <tsp> asunción | ispartof | gran_asunción <tsp> paraguay | leadername | juan_afara <tsp> agustín_barboza | birthplace | paraguay <sep> paraguay (; spanish pronunciation: [paɾaˈɣwaj] (listen)), officially the republic of paraguay (spanish: república del paraguay; guarani: tavakuairetã paraguái), is a landlocked country in south america it is bordered by argentina to the south and southwest, brazil to the east and northeast, and bolivia to the northwest it has a population of 7 million, nearly 3 million of whom live in the capital and largest city of asunción, and its surrounding metro although one of only two landlocked countries in south america (bolivia is the other), paraguay has ports on the paraguay and paraná rivers that give exit to the atlantic ocean, through the paraná-paraguay waterwayspanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537 established the city of asunción, the first capital of the governorate of the río de la plata during the 17th century, paraguay was the center of jesuit missions, where the native guaraní people were converted to christianity and introduced to european culture 
the leader of paraguay is called juan afara. and one ethnic group is the mestizo people. agustin barboza was born in paraguay and died in asunción. a part of gran asunción.asunción asunción paraguay is a landlocked country in south america