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Background Stats: compare key data on Paraguay & Uruguay

Definitions

  • Daylight Savings Time end date: Rules that determine the date on which daylight savings time ends. Clocks are moved backwards on this date.
  • Daylight Savings Time start date: Rules that determine the date on which daylight savings time begins. Clocks are moved forward on this date.
  • Full name: Full names (translated to english) of the United Nations member states, as of 2014. For a list of full names in the respective original languages of each country, check this link.
  • Independence day date: Date.
  • Land border length: The length of each country's land border. Islands are listed as having a 0.0 km.
  • Length of border with Brazil: Length in kilometers of each country's border with Brazil. Brazil has borders with ten different countries, totalling 16,885 kilometres (10,492 mi). That puts it in the 3rd place in the countries with the longest international land borders.
  • National anthems: National anthem.
  • National tree: Name of tree.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Neighboring countries and territories: The countries and territories neighboring each country. "L" means they share only a land border and "M" means they have only maritime boundaries. A blank means they share both.
  • Number of maritime boundary neighbours: Number of states and territories with which each country shares a maritime border. Two countries separated from each other by a body of water have a maritime border with each other.
  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
STAT Paraguay Uruguay
Daylight Savings Time end date Fourth Sunday March Second Sunday March
Daylight Savings Time start date First Sunday October First Sunday October
Full name Republic of Paraguay Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Independence day date May 15 August 25
Land border length 3,920 km
Ranked 48th. 3 times more than Uruguay
1,564 km
Ranked 102nd.
Length of border with Brazil 1,365 km
Ranked 6th. 28% more than Uruguay
1,068 km
Ranked 8th.
National anthems Paraguayos, Rep\u00fablica o Muerte ( Paraguayans, the Republic or Death ) Himno Nacional ( National Anthem )
National tree Lapacho Arbol de Artiga
Neighboring countries and territories Argentina (L) Bolivia (L) Brazil (L) Argentina Brazil
Number of maritime boundary neighbours 0.0
Ranked 150th.
2
Ranked 93th.
Overview <p>Paraguay experienced more than three decades of dictatorship under Alfredo Stroessner, who was ousted in 1989, but the end of his iron-fisted rule did not bring political stability. </p> <p>Factional splits led to the assassination of a vice-president, the resignation of a president and an attempted coup. </p> <p>Stroessner&#039;s party, the National Republican Association-Colorado Party, survived his departure and remained in power until 2008. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19978115">Full Article</a> <p>Uruguay has traditionally been more affluent than other countries in South America, and is known for its advanced education and social security systems and liberal social laws.</p> <p>It was the first nation in Latin America to establish a welfare state, maintained through relatively high taxes on industry, and developed a democratic tradition that earned it the sobriquet &quot;the Switzerland of South America&quot;. </p> <p>But economic and political turmoil, in particular left-wing urban guerrilla attacks in the early 1970s, led the government of the day to suspend the constitution and launch a period of repressive military rule that lasted until 1985. Uruguay is still struggling to come to terms with the legacy of those years.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20041847">Full Article</a>

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