Concepción
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city and department capital of Concepcion, Paraguay
Key facts
- Country
- Paraguay
- Department
- Concepción
- Established
- 1773 by Agustín Fernando de Pinedo
- Intendente municipal
- Luis Herminio Acosta Paniagua (PLRA)
- Total
- 8,490 km (3,280 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 44 m (144 ft)
- Density
- 9.00/km (23.3/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC-03 ( PYT )
- Climate
- Aw
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Demonym
- concepcionera
- Country
- Paraguay
- Located in
- Concepción Department
- Official language
- Guarani
- Population
- 45068
- Area
- 1092
- Elevation
- 44
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Body of water
- Paraguay River
- Capital of
- Concepción Department
- Official website
- www.municipalidadconcepcion.gov.py
- Image
- Street and Señora de la Concepción.jpg
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- Commons category
- Concepción, Paraguay
- topic's main category
- Category:Concepción, Paraguay
- category for people born here
- Q6210876
- native label
- Konsepsion
- inception
- 1787-00-00
- P8168
- 99 names of Allah
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- postal code
- 010101–010124
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Encyclopedic overview
Concepción ( Spanish pronunciation: [konseβˈsjon]) is a city and district in northern Paraguay and capital of the Concepción Department. It is situated next to the Paraguay River.
Founded in 1773 by Governor Agustín Fernando de Pinedo, the town prospered in the early years of the 20th century as a river port and a center for the north of the country, exploiting the new wealth of the Gran Chaco. The town also played an important role in the Paraguayan Civil War of 1947. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Concepción” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.