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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.
Paraguay is a developing country, ranking 105th in the Human Development Index. [11] It is a founding member of Mercosur, the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Lima Group. Additionally, the city of Luque, in metropolitan Asuncion, is the seat of the South American Football Confederation.
Museo del Barro; Established: 1979: Location: Asunción, the capital of Paraguay.: Collections: prints and drawings for public spaces and educational displays. Collection size: The clay museum houses over 300 pieces of pre-Columbian ceramics, and contains some 4,000 items of wood, fabric, and metal from the 17th century to the present day
The Casa de la Independencia Museum is a history museum and historic house located in Asunción, Paraguay. [1]The museum was inaugurated on May 14, 1965, and showcases pieces of history that date back to the independence of the country.
Paraguay was in its maximum extension the old Paraguayan Province, a Jesuit administration belonging to the Viceroyalty of Peru and whose clerical capital was the city of Córdoba. During the 17th and 18th centuries, 30 reductions were built in this province, which are currently distributed in three countries: 8 in Paraguay , 15 in Argentina ...
The Paraguay River ecoregion has high species richness with about 350 fish species, including more than 80 endemics. [9] About 80% of the fish species in the river are characiforms (tetras and allies) and siluriforms (catfish). [9] Several of these migrate up the Paraguay River to spawn, including Prochilodus lineatus and Pseudoplatystoma ...
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. One in three Paraguayans live in this metropolitan area, which has more than 2.7 million inhabitants. [citation needed]
Fiebrig was professor of botany and zoology at the University of Asunción, having settled in Paraguay in 1910 following plant and insect collecting trips to Paraguay for European museums between 1904 and 1909. [4] Fiebrig founded a school of Agriculture in 1916. [5] Fiebrig also founded a "Cotton Institute" which helped fund the garden complex ...