Paraguay*
General Country Information
Capital: Asunción
Population: 6,375,830 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Constitutional Presidential Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 491,000 (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 5.954 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 71,487 (2009)
Internet users: 894,200 (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.35
World Rank 2005/2006: 112
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Asociación de Ciegos del Paraguay
Carrera Saguier 730 c/ Caazapa
Asunción
Paraguay
Email: acip@rieder.net.py / infoacip@gmail.com
Tel: +595-21-556004
Fax: +595-21-556004
Asociación de Rehabilitación de Impedidos Físicos del Paraguay (ARIFA) - DPI National Assembly
Medicos del Chaco 286
Y Av. Fernando de la Mora
Asunción
Paraguay
Email: arifa@rieder.net.py
Tel: +595-21-555-606 / +595-081-133072
Fax: +595-21-505-606
Centro de Sordos del Paraguay
Luis De Gasperi 3194
P.O. Box 244
Asunción
Paraguay
Email: centrodesordos_paraguay@yahoo.es
Tel: +595-21-557-335
Fax: +595-21-557-335