The Argentina–Paraguay border is the line that limits the territories of

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

and

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

. This boundary is solely defined by three major rivers: the Pilcomayo, Paraná and

, being one of the largest natural borders in the world. The capital of Paraguay,

Asunción Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the north ...

, lies on one of the banks of the

Paraguay River The Paraguay River (''Ysyry Paraguái'' in Guarani language, Guarani, ''Rio Paraguai'' in Portuguese language, Portuguese, ''Río Paraguay'' in Spanish language, Spanish) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bol ...

, which borders Argentina. The capital of Argentina is

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, which lies on one of the banks of the River Plate, made by major Paraguayan tributaries. Argentina is the country which Paraguay has the largest border with, being about 1,689 km long. It is Argentina's second largest border, after the

Argentina–Chile border The Argentina–Chile border is the longest international border of South America and the third longest in the world after the Canada–United States border and the Kazakhstan–Russia border. With a length of , it separates Argentina from Chile a ...

. Some of the traditional Argentine-Paraguayan

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s: * Misión La Paz (South of Santa Victoria Este) - Pozo Hondo (North of Doctor P. Peña) * Clorinda - Puerto Falcón *

Formosa Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The island of Taiwan, formerly known to Westerners as Formosa, has an area of and makes up 99% of the land under ROC control. It lies about across the Taiwan Strait f ...

- Alberdi * Puerto Cano - Pilar * Paso de la Patria -

Paso de Patria Paso de Patria is a town at the Argentina–Paraguay border, in the Ñeembucú department of Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–P ...

* Ituzaingó - Ayolas * Posadas - Encarnación *

Puerto Iguazú Puerto Iguazú is a border city in the provinces of Argentina, province of Misiones Province, Misiones, Argentina. With a population of 82,227 (), it is the fourth largest city in the Misiones Province, Province, after Posadas, Misiones, Posadas, ...

- Presidente Franco Isla del Cerrito is located at the

confluence In geography, a confluence (also ''conflux'') occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel (geography), channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main ...

of the Paraguay and Paraná Rivers. File:Puente-san-roque-gonzales.jpg, The San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge, Southern Paraguay and Northern Argentina. File:Eternal_brothers,_eternos-hermanos_(1).png, The maps of

and

. Argentina borders 7 Paraguayan departments, plus the capital district. Paraguay borders 5 Argentine provinces. File:Dialectos_del_idioma_español_en_Argentina.png, In

Argentine Spanish Rioplatense Spanish ( , ), also known as Rioplatense Castilian, or River Plate Spanish, is a variety of SpanishAlvar, Manuel, "''Manual de dialectología hispánica. El español de América''", ("Handbook of Hispanic Dialectology. Spanish Lan ...

, due to cultural reasons, the Northeastern Argentine dialect, named '' Guaranitic'' (

green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a com ...

), is heavily influenced by the

Paraguayan Spanish Paraguayan Spanish () is the set of dialects of the Spanish language spoken in Paraguay. In addition, it influences the speech of the Argentine provinces of Misiones, Corrientes, Formosa, and, to a lesser extent, Chaco. Paraguayan Spanish ...

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Borders of Argentina Borders of Paraguay International borders {{Paraguay-geo-stub

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