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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
western Paraguay canonical 2
Upper Paraguay region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of Paraguay
borders Argentina
Bolivia
Eastern Paraguay
linked to: eastern Paraguay
capitalLikeCity Filadelfia
contains Alto Paraguay Department
Boquerón Department
Chaco Boreal
linked to: Chaco

Presidente Hayes Department
country Paraguay
crossedBy Paraguay River
ethnicGroup Ayoreo people
Enxet people
Guaraní peoples
linked to: Guarani peoples

Mennonite colonists
Nivaclé people
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
hasVegetation xerophytic vegetation
largestTown Filadelfia
locatedIn South America
Southern Cone
majorEconomicActivity agriculture
cattle ranching
forestry
partOf Gran Chaco
religion Mennonite Christianity
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
timeZone UTC−04:00
timeZoneDST UTC−03:00

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Gran Chaco countryPortion western Paraguay
Ñuflo de Chaves areaOfExploration Upper Paraguay region
linked to: western Paraguay
Central Department locatedIn western Paraguay