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Asunción (English: / ɑː ˌ s uː n s i ˈ oʊ n, ˌ ɑː s uː n ˈ s j oʊ n /, [3] [4] [5] Spanish:) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River.
Asuncion is a densely forested island, roughly elliptical in shape, with a length of 3.3 kilometers (2.1 mi) and a width of 3 km (1.9 mi) and an area of 7.9 km 2 (3.1 sq mi). The entire island is a massive stratovolcano which rises from the ocean floor to a height of 857 m (2,812 ft) above sea level, [ 4 ] which last erupted in 1906.
Greater Asunción (Spanish: Gran Asunción) is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción. [1]It consists of twenty cities: Asunción itself, the capital, and the surrounding cities in Central Department.
Additionally, the city of Luque, in metropolitan Asuncion, is the seat of the South American Football Confederation. Although one of only two landlocked countries in South America (Bolivia is the other), Paraguay has ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean, through the Paraná–Paraguay Waterway . [12]
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Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (IATA: ASU, ICAO: SGAS) is an international airport in Luque, Paraguay, which serves Paraguay's capital city, Asunción, and indirectly serves the nearby city of Clorinda, Formosa, in Argentina.
Obrero, also known as Barrio Obrero, is a neighbourhood of Asunción, the capital and largest city of Paraguay; [1] [2] and has a population of 19,823 people. The name of this barrio comes from the word "worker" (obrero) in reference to the humble and working class people who form the majority of the population.
Asuncion's street-map: Félix de Azara (1746–1821). Spanish naturalist and seaman, sent to America to arbitrate in the border situation between Spain's and Portugal's possessions. He studied the fauna and the geography of Paraguay and of the Río de la Plata. SUITE. First music stand of Asuncion's Symphonic Orchestra.