{"id":1168,"date":"2014-02-26T17:29:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T17:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/da\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:38:46","slug":"feiten-over-paraguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/nl\/facts-about-paraguay","title":{"rendered":"Feiten over Paraguay"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Talen:<\/strong>\u00a0Paraguay is een van de weinige Zuid-Amerikaanse landen die hun inheemse taal (Guaran\u00ed) als offici\u00eble taal hebben behouden. Guaran\u00ed is een onomatopee\u00ebntaal, wat betekent dat het bestaat uit klankwoorden (woorden die gevormd worden door natuurlijke geluiden na te bootsen). Bijna de gehele bevolking van Paraguay begrijpt en spreekt Spaans, maar geeft de voorkeur aan het Guaran\u00ed.<\/p>\n

2. Naam:<\/strong>\u00a0De naam 'Paraguay' heeft een onduidelijke oorsprong; sommigen geloven dat de naam afkomstig is van een stam die ooit aan de oevers van de rivier Paraguay woonde, terwijl anderen denken dat de naam een taalkundige betekenis heeft in de trant van 'de rivier die naar de zee stroomt' (of iets dergelijks).<\/p>\n

3. Chaco:<\/strong>\u00a0Hoewel het westelijke deel van het land (in de volksmond 'Chaco' genoemd) 60% van de totale oppervlakte van Paraguay beslaat, woont hier slechts ongeveer 2% van de bevolking.<\/p>\n

4. Etniciteit:<\/strong>\u00a0Paraguayanen zijn voornamelijk een mix van Spanjaarden en inheemse Guarani-indianen. Van alle landen in Zuid-Amerika is de Paraguayaanse bevolking het meest raciaal homogeen.<\/p>\n

5. Nationale drank:<\/strong>\u00a0De nationale drank van Paraguay is een speciale theesoort genaamd 'mate', die ook in veel andere landen over de hele wereld wordt gedronken (waaronder verschillende Zuid-Amerikaanse landen).<\/p>\n

\"Feit:
Naamsvermelding: Republiek Paraguay - Wikipedia.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Feit: De vlag van Paraguay is speciaal omdat hij aan elke kant verschillende symbolen heeft. Op de voorkant (bovenaan) staat het wapen van het land en op de achterkant (onderaan) het logo van het Paraguayaanse ministerie van inkomsten.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

6. Grootste knaagdier:<\/strong>\u00a0Het grootste knaagdier ter wereld - de capibara (of 'rivierzwijn' zoals hij ook wel wordt genoemd) - leeft rond de rivieren van Paraguay en een paar andere Zuid-Amerikaanse landen. De zwaarste capibara's ooit gemeten wogen 73,5 kg (een mannetje uit Paraguay) en 91 kg (een vrouwtje uit Brazili\u00eb).<\/p>\n

7. Jezu\u00efeten:<\/strong>\u00a0In de jaren 1700 waren er veel jezu\u00efeten in Paraguay om de bevolking te bekeren tot het christendom. Dit deden ze met succes totdat de Spanjaarden hen in 1767 het land uit zetten.<\/p>\n

8. Oorlogen:<\/strong>\u00a0De oorlog van de Drievoudige Alliantie van 1865 tot 1870 staat nog steeds hoog in het geheugen van de Paraguayanen gegrift. De oorlog eiste het leven van ongeveer 90% van de volwassen mannelijke bevolking toen ze vochten tegen Argentini\u00eb, Brazili\u00eb en Uruguay voor toegang tot de zee. In de jaren 1930 was Paraguay opnieuw in oorlog, dit keer tegen Bolivia, wat - samen met de drievoudige alliantieoorlog - de relatief lage bevolkingsdichtheid (ongeveer 16 inwoners per km2) helpt verklaren.<\/p>\n

9. Feestdagen:<\/strong>\u00a0Paraguay werd op 15 mei 1811 onafhankelijk van Spanje en dat wordt daarom elk jaar gevierd als de Onafhankelijkheidsdag van het land. Daarnaast is er ook de 'Dag van de Helden' op 1 maart, die het einde van de Drievoudige Alliantieoorlog markeert, en 12 juni, die het einde van de oorlog tegen Bolivia aangeeft. 30 april is ook de Dag van de Leraren, wanneer de leraren van het land - zoals de naam al doet vermoeden - een vrije dag nemen.<\/p>\n

10. Vlag:<\/strong>\u00a0Paraguay kreeg zijn huidige vlag op 27 november 1842. De vlag heeft drie horizontale strepen (rood, wit en blauw), maar is heel bijzonder omdat de symbolen op de twee zijden niet hetzelfde zijn; op de voorkant staat het wapen van Paraguay, omringd door de tekst 'REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY' (Republiek Paraguay), terwijl de achterkant is versierd met het symbool van het ministerie van Financi\u00ebn van het land en omringd door de tekst 'Paz y Justicia' (Vrede en Rechtvaardigheid).<\/p>\n

\"Feit:
Naamsvermelding: Smabs Sputzer + lorentey + Marie Hale - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Feit: De capibara - het grootste knaagdier ter wereld - komt oorspronkelijk uit Paraguay (en een paar andere Zuid-Amerikaanse landen). De grootste geregistreerde mannelijke capibara woog 73,5 kg en kwam uit Paraguay.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Talen: Paraguay is een van de weinige Zuid-Amerikaanse landen die hun inheemse taal (Guaran\u00ed) als offici\u00eble taal hebben behouden. Guaran\u00ed is een onomatopee\u00ebntaal, wat betekent dat het bestaat uit klankwoorden (woorden die gevormd worden door natuurlijke geluiden na te bootsen). Bijna de hele bevolking van Paraguay begrijpt en spreekt Spaans, maar geeft de voorkeur aan ... Lees meer<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65,80],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-1168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries-geography","category-south-america","tag-adsense"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFacts about Paraguay - Language, geography, history, etc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fact: Paraguay is the most racially homogenous country in South America. 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