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Guaraní Nations

1000 – present
Native nationSouth America

Tupí-speaking warrior-farmers whose palm-thatched villages and cassava clearings spread across the Atlantic forest from the Paraná to the Paraguay, weaving the green heart of the Plata basin.

Endure: the Mbyá, Avá and Paĩ Tavyterã Guaraní persist across Paraguay, Misiones and southern Brazil, and Guaraní is co-official with Spanish in modern Paraguay.

Borders in 2026 · drawn from 4 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 4 border frames for Guaraní Nations — the shape you scrub through changes in 1000 · 1537 · 1610 · 1768.

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