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- Locality
- La Asunción
- Region
- Nueva Esparta
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 35,084
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Venezuela
- State
- Nueva Esparta
- Municipality
- Arismendi Municipality
- Elevation
- 42 m (138 ft)
- Total
- 28,513
- Time zone
- UTC−4 ( VET )
- Area code
- 0295
- Demonym
- Asuntino/a
- Climate
- BSh
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Encyclopedic overview
La Asunción ( Spanish pronunciation: [la asunˈsjon]) is a city in Venezuela. The capital of Nueva Esparta state (made up of three islands), it lies on Margarita Island in the Caribbean Sea, off the South American mainland. It is situated in a fertile valley surrounded by green hills, 6 miles (10 km) inland from the port of Porlamar, where a cooler climate exists. The city was founded in 1565 by Captain Pedro González Cervantes de Albornoz. It has an imposing backdrop of Santa Rosa Castle, also known as the Santa Rosa Fort, which was built to protect the city. The most important structures in the city are built around the Plaza Bolívar. The Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción, dated to the 16th century, is one of the earliest churches in the country. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 28,513 people.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Asunción” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.