Paraguay Communications

Country Name: Republic of Paraguay

Capital City: Asuncion

Population: 6,506,464 (July 2006 est.)

Population Growth: 2.45% (2006 est.)

Currency: guarani (PYG)

Languages: Spanish (official), Guarani (official)

Area: 406,750 sq km

Inflation Rate: 12.5% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 9.4% (2005)

Domain extension: .py

COMMUNICATIONS OF PARAGUAY

Telephones - main lines in use:

320,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.887 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 46, FM 27, shortwave 6 (3 inactive) (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

5 (2003)

Internet country code:

.py

Internet hosts:

13,178 (2006)

Internet users:

200,000 (2005)

International dialing code: