Paraguay
- Geographic information
Paraguay is strategically located in the heart of
South America. It limits to the north and northwest
with Bolivia, to the southwest, south and east with
Argentina and to the northwest and east with Brazil.
Its capital is Asuncion with two millions inhabitants’
including surroundings, and with a total of 5.206.101
inhabitants in all. The weather is subtropical. Summers
in Paraguay (from December to March) have an average
temperature of 30 Grades Celsius or 86 Grades Fahrenheit,
while winter (from July to September) is pleasant
with an average temperature of 14 grades Celsius or
57 grades Fahrenheit. Rainy season goes generally
in January and October, while the driest month goes
from May to August.
Estancia Santa Clara
is located in the district of Caapucú, department
of Paraguarí. Caapucú have 7.993 inhabitants
of a total of 226.514 inhabitants of the Paraguarí
department.
Useful
information
Currency: Guaraní
Exchange: 1 U$S = 6.800 Guaraníes
approximately.
Business hours: From 8.00 to 12:00
/ from 14:30 to 19:00
Shopping: from 9:00 to 21:00
Banks: Monday to Friday from 8:30
to 12:30
Electric Current: 220 Volts.
Language: it’s a bilingual
country that speaks Spanish and Guaraní...
Vaccines: Nowadays they don’t
ask for any kind of vaccine.
Taxes: IVA is 10% and in the international
airport passengers who embark in international flights
pays 18 dollars. For national flights the tax is 3
dollars.
Documents
needed for foreigners to enter Paraguay
MERCOSUR: Document identification.
Other Countries: Passport. Visa for
some countries.
Entries
to Paraguay
By air
International Airport Silvio Pettirossi: located in
Luque (20 kms. from Asunción downtown). International
flight companies operate with direct flights to capitals
of MERCOSUR, and with connections to the United States,
Europe and other destinies.
By land
From Argentina
Coming by Encarnación through Posadas, to
the south of the country, 370 km. from Asuncion.
Also by Puerto Falcon, from Formosa province, 60
km. from Asunción.
From Brazil
From de east, through the bridge “Puente Internacional
de la Amistad”, from Foz de Iguaçu
to Ciudad del Este (330 Km., from Asunción).
From Punta Porá to Pedro Juan Caballero,
in the northwest of the country (520 km. from Asunción)
From Bolivia
From Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Gral. Eugenio A.
Garay (approximately 795 km. from Asunción)
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