_#_Language: Spanish (official) and Guarani
_#_Literacy: 90% (male 92%, female 88%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 1,300,000; agriculture 44%, industry and commerce 34%, services 18%, government 4% (1986)
_#_Organized labor: about 2% of labor force
_*Government #_Long-form name: Republic of Paraguay
_#_Type: republic
_#_Capital: Asuncion
_#_Administrative divisions: 19 departments (departamentos, singular—departamento); Alto Paraguay, Alto Parana, Amambay, Boqueron, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Chaco, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones, Neembucu, Nueva Asuncion, Paraguari, Presidente Hayes, San Pedro
_#_Independence: 14 May 1811 (from Spain)
_#_Constitution 25 August 1967