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 ⓘ