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Asunción

Also known as Asu, Asuncion, Assumption

capitale del Paraguay

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Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay, located on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River where it meets the Pilcomayo River. The city serves as Paraguay's primary urban and governmental center, positioned strategically between the Paraguay River and the surrounding Central Department.

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Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: Capital city and district
Settlement.official_name: Asunción
Settlement.other_name: Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción
Settlement.nicknames: Madre de Ciudades (The Mother of Cities) Capital Mundial de la Amistad (The World's Capital of Friendship) Cuna de la Libertad de América (Cradle of the Freedom of America)
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Asunción.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo_de_Asunción_(Paraguay).svg
Settlement.image_map: Asuncion Capital District in Paraguay.svg
Settlement.map_caption: The Capital District in Paraguay
Settlement.pushpin_map: Paraguay#South America
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Paraguay
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Capital District
Settlement.leader_title: Intendant
Settlement.leader_name: Luis Bello
Settlement.named_for: Assumption of Mary

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Assumption of Mary
Official name: Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción
Demonym: Assomptionnaise
Country: Paraguay
Located in: Capital District
Official language: Spanish
Population: 462241
Area: 117
Elevation: 43
Time zone: UTC−03:00
Body of water: Paraguay River
Capital of: Capital District
Official website: www.asuncion.gov.py
Image: Asunción Paraguay.jpg
Dialing code: 021
Said to be same as: Capital District

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twinned administrative body: Rio de Janeiro
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Asunción
Commons category: Asunción
topic's main category: Category:Asunción
Commons gallery: Asunción
category for people born here: Category:Births in Asunción
category of associated people: Category:People from Asunción
postal code: 1001–1925
native label: Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción
inception: 1537-00-00
language used: Maká
P8168: Francis Walker
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P12749: Texas

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Article · Italiano

Asunción (in italiano Assunzione), ufficialmente La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción (La Molto Nobile e Leale Città di Nostra Signora Santa Maria dell'Assunzione), è la capitale del Paraguay. Con 512 112 abitanti (1 639 000 agglomerato urbano), è chiamata anche Distrito Capital (Distretto Capitale). È il centro industriale e culturale del Paese, è la sede del governo paraguaiano e il principale porto del Paraguay, con fabbriche di scarpe, tessili e di tabacco. La sua area metropolitana, chiamata Gran Asunción, comprende le città di San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby e Villa Elisa.

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