Paraguayan Argentines
Paraguayan Argentines are Argentine citizens of full or partial Paraguayan descent or Paraguay-born people who reside in Argentina. Paraguayan people comprise an important ethnic group in the country due to the sustained immigration that gained importance in the 1970s. The number of people born in Paraguay living in Argentina has been estimated in around 325,000. Therefore, it is the largest foreign community in the country outnumbering individuals from Italy and Spain (countries which have been historically regarded as the origin of the backbone of Argentine society). It is also one of the fastest growing foreign nationalities. Despite  all this, its numbers have been undercounted so it is believed that the real amount is even much higher. History. The North-Eastern provinces of Argentina were originally inhabited by Guarani tribes conforming with what is now Paraguay and several regions of Brazil the area of influence of Guarani culture. This influence can be seen nowadays in many common cultural features. However, the earliest presence of Paraguayans as an ethnic group can be traced back much later, to the second foundation (and the real permanent settlement) of the city of Buenos Aires by Juan de Garay who sailed down Parana  River from Asuncion accompanied by local Mestizo and Guarani families. In addition, there have always been certain connections between the two countries during later periods of the Spanish rule, especially when the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata was created in 1776 which included several Intendencias, among them the Intendencia of Paraguay and Intendencia of Buenos Aires. There has been Paraguayan presence in Argentine soil during and after the Paraguayan War and after the Revolution of 1947 in Paraguay but it did not acquire importance before 1970. For many economic reasons (Paraguay being an impoverished country) and political reasons  (Stroessner dictatorship), Paraguayans started to settle in larger amounts throughout the wealthier neighbouring territory. Another fact was the porosity of Argentine borders and that the population density has always been disproportionally higher in the Eastern region (Argentine-Brazilian border) rather than the Western region or Chaco (Bolivian border). Very different from other immigrant communities in Argentina (European and Middle-Eastern), Paraguayan entrance has been large (with insignificant return rate) and constant even to these days which makes up to 40 years of sustained immigration that does not seem to stop or decline in the future. Distribution. The distribution is not  even, Buenos Aires and the Buenos Aires Province being the top destinations for Paraguayans. Due to geographical links, 40% of the Paraguayan-born community is settled in these Northeastern Argentine provinces of; Misiones, Corrientes, Formosa, Santa Fe, Córdoba and Chaco, which are near the Argentina–Paraguay border. The 10% left is spread throughout the rest of the provinces. Traditions. Yerba Mate (scientific name "Ilex Paraguayensis") Mate (traditional infused drink with hot water claimed by Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay as the National drink) Terere (traditional infused drink with cold water originally from Paraguay) Mate cocido (traditional infused drink with hot water  originally from Paraguay) Chamame (folk music genre with its origins in Guarani Jesuit Missions mixed with European styles) Guaraní Language (Official language of Paraguay and second official language of Corrientes province since 24 September 2004) Guarani placenames in Argentina. Corrientes. Ituzaingó Curuzú Cuatiá Caá Catí Cerro Corá Mburucuyá ("Passion flower" the National flower of Paraguay) Mocoretá Tabay ("small town") Tapebicua Tatacuá ("the hole of the fire") Taragui Yahapé Yataytí Calle Yapeyú Itatí Itá Ibaté ("tall stone") Guaviraví Vaca Cuá Ita Corá Aguay Misiones. Oberá ("shiny") Caa Yarí Capiobí Caraguatay Garuhapé Garuhapé-Mi Garupá Guaraní Itacaruaré Mbopicuá ("hole of the bat ) Panambí (butterfly") Pindapoy Piray Kilómetro 18 Puerto Iguazú (Iguazú meaning "large water") Puerto Piray (Piray meaning "small fish") Tarumá Tacuaruzú Cuña-Pirú Chaco. Samuhú ("Chorisia" a kind of subtropical tree) Colonia Tacuarí El Paranacito Salta. Aguaray Yariguarenda Yacuy El Aguay Acambuco Itangua Tobantirenda Capiazuti Santa Fe. ("fields of sugarcane") El Arazá Caraguatay Aguará Grande Vera ("shiny") Carcarañá ("mean caracara") Santiago del Estero. Añatuya Caburé Urutaú Tucumán. Tapia ("wall") El Timbo Formosa. Pirané ("smelly fish") Ibarreta Yatai Tatané Entre Ríos. Gualeguay Paraná Mandisoví Villaguay Ubajay Gualeguaychú Chajarí Ñancay Ibicuy Buenos Aires Province. Pehuajó, Reta ""retã"" ("country or nation"), Mar de Ajó , Mar del Tuyú San Bernardo del Tuyú, Ituzaingó ("waterfall") Rivers. Paraná Paraguay ("colorful water") Uruguay ("water of the birds") Carapari Gualeguay Gualeguaychú Guayquiraró Rivers of the Paraná Delta Ibicuy