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San Lorenzo is a city and municipality located in the Central Department of Paraguay. Established on August 10, 1775, the settlement covers an area of 56 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 126 meters above sea level. It has a population of 225,395 residents. The city uses the postal code range 111401–111477 and the local dialing code 021.
Administratively, San Lorenzo is twinned with San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Its official website is sanlorenzopy.com. The area falls within the America/Asuncion time zone.
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Place details
- Locality
- San Lorenzo
- Region
- Central
- Country
- Paraguay / Paraguái
- Population
- 227,876
- Timezone
- America/Asuncion
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Paraguay
- Department
- Central
- Foundation
- August 10, 1775
- Founded by
- Agustín Fernando de Pinedo
- Mayor
- Alcibiades Quiñonez ( ANR )
- Land
- 56 km (22 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 126 m (413 ft)
- Total
- 252,561
- Density
- 4,623.55/km (11,974.9/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Sanlorenzan
- Time zone
- UTC-4
- Summer dst
- UTC-3
- Area code
- 021
- Climate
- Humid subtropical climate
- Website
- www.sanlorenzomuni.gov.py
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Paraguay
- Country
- Paraguay
- Located in
- Central Department
- Population
- 225395
- Area
- 56
- Elevation
- 126
- Official website
- www.sanlorenzopy.com
- Image
- Catedral de San Lorenzo en Paraguay.jpg
- Dialing code
- 021
Show 9 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Commons category
- San Lorenzo, Paraguay
- topic's main category
- Category:San Lorenzo, Paraguay
- postal code
- 111401–111477
- category for people born here
- Q6313156
- category of associated people
- Category:People from San Lorenzo, Paraguay
- inception
- 1775-08-10
- P8168
- Ernst Gronau
- P12749
- encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
San Lorenzo ( Spanish pronunciation: [san loˈɾenso]) is a city in the Central Department in Paraguay. It is a suburb of Asunción, and the third most populous city in Paraguay, with a population of 252,561. The National University of Asunción campus is located in San Lorenzo, that's why it is sometimes known as "Ciudad Universitaria" (University City). The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Lorenzo.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “San Lorenzo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.