Asunción
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Asunción is the caipital an lairgest ceety in Paraguay. The Spaingie wird asunción means assumption in Inglis. It refers tae the Assumption o Mary; the full name means The Vera Noble an Loyal Ceety o Oor Lady Saunt Mary o the Assumption (Spaingie:La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción).
Asunción Asunción | |
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Clockwise frae top: skyline o the ceety frae the Paraguay River, Citibank Tower, the Cabildo o Asunción, the Naitional Pantheon o the Heroes, Palacio de los López, Hotel Guaraní | |
Eik-name(s): Mither o Ceeties | |
Coordinates: 25°16′55.91″S 57°38′6.36″W | |
Kintra | Paraguay |
autonomous caipital destrict | Gran Asunción |
Foondit | 15 August 1537 |
Govrenment | |
• Intendant | Arnaldo Samaniego |
Area | |
• City | 117 km2 (45.2 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1000 km2 (400 sq mi) |
Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
Population (2009[1]) | |
• City | 542,023 |
• Density | 4411/km2 (11,420/sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,329,061 |
Demonym(s) | Asunceno (m), Asuncena (f) |
Area code(s) | +595 21 |
HDI (2008) | 0.837 – high |
Website | http://www.mca.gov.py |
The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous caipital destrict no pairt o ony depairtment. The metropolitan aurie, cawed Gran Asunción, includes the ceeties o San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San Antonio, Limpio, Capiatá an Villa Elisa, which are pairt o the Central Depairtment. The Asunción metropolitan aurie haes mair nor 1.8 million indwallers. The Municipality o Asunción is leetit on the Asunción Stock Exchynge, as BVPASA: MUA, a unique featur o ony ceety.
It is the hame o the naitional govrenment, principal port, an the chief industrial an cultural centre o the kintra. Local manufacturin production includes fuitwear, textiles, an tobacco products.