Asunción

Summary

Asunción is a capital region^[1]. Asunción draws 1,256 Wikipedia views per month (capital_region category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• Asunción is located in Capital District^[3].
• Asunción is in the country of Paraguay^[4].
• Asunción is on the body of water Paraguay River^[5].
• Asunción's head of government is recorded as Óscar Rodríguez^[6].
• Asunción's instance of is recorded as capital region^[7].
• Asunción's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Asunción's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Asunción's instance of is recorded as border city^[10].
• Asunción's instance of is recorded as largest city^[11].
• Asunción's official language is recorded as Spanish^[12].
• Assumption of Mary is named after Asunción^[13].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Miami-Dade County^[14].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rosario^[15].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Resistencia^[16].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as São Paulo^[17].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Curitiba^[18].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chiba^[19].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza^[20].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Trujillo^[21].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chimbote^[22].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Medina de Pomar^[23].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Algiers^[24].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taipei^[25].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Madrid^[26].
• Asunción's twinned administrative body is recorded as Carrara^[27].

Body

Geography

Asunción is in the country of Paraguay^[4]. Asunción is located in Capital District^[3]. Asunción is on the body of water Paraguay River^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Asunción has a population of {'amount': '+462241'}^[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include capital region^[7], city^[8], big city^[9], border city^[10], and largest city^[11].

History and Context

1537 marks the founding of Asunción^[29]. Assumption of Mary is named after Asunción^[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Asunción include Treaty of Asunción^[30], a constitutive treaty^[31], founded in 1991^[32].

Why It Matters

Asunción draws 1,256 Wikipedia views per month (capital_region category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2] Asunción has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Asunción is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Asunción include Treaty of Asunción^[30], a constitutive treaty^[31], founded in 1991^[32].