Gran Asunción

Greater Asunción (Gran Asunción in Spanish), is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción.

Consists in 12 cities: Asunción, the capital, and some of the surrounding cities such as San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, Villa Elisa and San Antonio.

The metropolitan area has more than 2.5 million inhabitants. One of three Paraguayans live in the metropolitan area.

List of cities in Greater Asunción

(*): Itauguá is not formally part of the "Greater Asuncion" (2002 census), but due to the increase in urban population the last years, is included in the table.

Conurbation

The black spot indicates the conurbation in the central departament. The population of the conurbation "asunceno" around 3 million people.

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Coordinates: 25°09′56″S 0°00′00″W / 25.16556°S -0.00000°E / -25.16556; -0.00000

Asunción

Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción (Spanish pronunciation: [asunˈsjon], Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.

The Ciudad de Asunción is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San Antonio, Limpio, Capiatá and Villa Elisa, which are part of the Central Department. The Asunción metropolitan area has more than 2 million inhabitants. The Municipality of Asunción is listed on the Asunción Stock Exchange, as BVPASA: MUA, a unique feature of any city.

It is the home of the national government, principal port, and the chief industrial and cultural centre of the country.

History

Asunción is one of the oldest cities in South America and the longest continually inhabited area in the Rio de la Plata Basin; for this reason that it is known as "Mother of Cities". It was from Asunción that the colonial expeditions departed to found other cities, including the second foundation of Buenos Aires and of other important cities such as Villarrica, Corrientes, Santa Fe and Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Asunción (disambiguation)

Asunción is a Spanish word that means ascension or assumption. In most cases the name refers to the Assumption of Mary.

Asunción may refer to:

Places

Church of la Asunción (Galapagar)

The Church of la Asunción (Spanish: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción) is a church located in Galapagar, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1995.

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