See soorce fer Asunción

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|leader_name            = Arnaldo Samaniego
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'''Asunción''' is the [[Caipital ceety|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 leid|Spaingie]]:''La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción'').

The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous caipital destrict no pairt o ony [[Depairtments o Paraguay|depairtment]]. The [[metropolitan aurie]], cawed ''[[Gran Asunción]]'', includes the ceeties o [[San Lorenzo, Paraguay|San Lorenzo]], [[Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay|Fernando de la Mora]], [[Lambaré]], [[Luque]], [[Mariano Roque Alonso]], [[Ñemby]], [[San Antonio, Paraguay|San Antonio]], [[Limpio]], [[Capiatá]] an [[Villa Elisa, Paraguay|Villa Elisa]], which are pairt o the [[Central Depairtment]]. The Asunción metropolitan aurie haes mair nor 1.8 [[1000000 (nummer)|million]] indwallers. The Municipality o Asunción is leetit on the [[BVPASA|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.

== History ==
Asunción is ane o the lairgest ceeties in [[Sooth Americae]] an the langest continually inhabited aurie in the River Plate Basin; for this reason that it is know as "Mother of Cities". It wis frae here that the colonial expeditions departit tae foond ither ceeties, includin the seicont foondation o [[Buenos Aires]] an o ither important ceeties sic as [[Villarrica, Paraguay|Villarrica]], [[Corrientes]], [[Santa Fe, Argentinae|Santa Fe]] an [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]].

The site o the ceety mey hae been first visitit bi Spainyie conqueror [[Juan de Ayolas]], on his wey north, up the [[Paraguay River]], leukin for a passage tae the mines o [[Upper Peru|Alto Perú]] (present-day Bolivie). Later, [[Juan de Salazar de Epinosa|Juan de Salazar y Espinosa]] an [[Gonzalo de Mendoza]], relative o [[Pedro de Mendoza]], wur sent in sairch o Ayolas, but wur unable tae find him. On his wey up an then doun the river, de Salazar stopped briefly at a bay in the left bank tae resupply his ships. He foond the natives friendly, an decidit tae foond a fort thare, in August, [[1537]]. As customary, he named it accordin tae the releegious feast o that day: for August 15, ''Nuestra Señora de la Asunción'' (Oor Lady o the Assumption), honorin the feast day o the Assumption. This fort became a ceety wi the establishment o the ''Cabildo'' (civilian admeenistration) on 16 September 1541.

In 1541, natives destroyed Buenos Aires, an the Spaniards fled tae Asunción. Sicweys, the ceety became the centre o a lairge Spainyie colonial province comprisin pairt o Brazil, present-day Paraguay an northeastren Argentinae: the Giant Province o the Indies. In 1603 Asunción wis the seat o the [[First Synod o Asunción]], which set guidelines for the [[evangelism|evangelization]] o the natives in thair [[lingua franca]], [[Guaraní leid|Guaraní]].



In 1731, an uprisin unner [[José de Antequera y Castro]] wis ane o the first rebellions against [[Spain]]gie colonial rule. The uprisin failed, but it wis the first sign o the independent spirit that wis growin amang the [[Criollo fowk|criollos]], [[mestizo]]s an [[Indigenous fowks|natives]] o Paraguay. The event influenced the unthirldom o Paraguay, which then materialised in 1811. The secret reunions atween the unthirldom leaders tae plan an ambush against the Spaingie Governor in Paraguay Bernardo de Velasco wur held at the hame o Juana María de Lara, in dountoun Asunción. On the nicht o Mey 14 an Mey 15 the rebels succeedit an wur able tae force governor Velasco tae surrender. The day, Lara's hame is kent as [[Casa de la Independencia Museum|Casa de la Independencia]] (Hoose o the Independence) an serves as a museum an historical building.

Efter Paraguay became independent, thare wis significant chynge in Asunción. Unner the presidency o [[José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia|Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia]] roads wur biggit throughoot the ceety an the streets wur named. Housomeivver, it wis durin the presidency o [[Carlos Antonio López (politeecian)|Carlos Antonio López]] that Asunción (an Paraguay) progressed, as the new preses implementit new economic policies. Mair nor 400 schuils, metallurgic factories an the first railwey service in [[Sooth Americae]] wur biggit durin the López presidency. Efter López dee'd, his son [[Francisco Solano López]] became the new preses an led the kintra throu the disastrous [[Paraguayan War]] that lastit for five years. Efter the War, Asunción wis occupeed bi [[Brazil]]ian troops till 1876.

Mony historians hae claimed that this war provoked a steady dounfaw o the ceety an kintra, syne it massacred twa thirds o the kintra's population. Progress slowed doun greatly efterwards, an the economy remained stagnatit.

Efter the Paraguayan War, Asunción began a slow recovery attempt. Towards the end o the 19t hunderyear an durin the early years o the 20t hunderyear, a flow o immigrants frae [[Europe]] an the [[Ottoman Empire]] came tae the ceety. This led tae a chynge in the appearance o the ceety as mony new biggins wur biggit an Asunción went throu a era mair prosperous than ony syne the war.

== Demographics ==

Population is approximately 520,000 fowk in the ceety proper. Roughly 30% o Paraguay's 6 million fowk live athin Greater Asunción. Saxtie-five percent o the tot population in the ceety ar unner the age o 30.

The population haes increased greatly durin the last few decades as a consequence o internal [[Human migration|migration]] frae ither [[Depairtments o Paraguay]], at first acause o the economic boom in the 1970s, an later acause o economic recession in the kintraside. The adjacent ceeties in the Gran Asunción aurie, sic as [[Luque]], [[Lambaré]], [[San Lorenzo, Paraguay|San Lorenzo]], [[Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay]] an [[Mariano Roque Alonso]], hae absorbed maist o this influx due tae the law cost o the land an easy access tae Asunción. The ceety haes ranked as the least expensive ceety tae live in for five years runnin bi Mercer Human Resoorce Consultin.

== Geografie ==
Asunción is locatit atween the [[Circle o latitude|parallels]] 25º 15' an 25º 20' o sooth [[latitude]] an atween the meridians 57º 40' an 57º 30' o wast [[longitude]]. The ceety sits on the left bank o the [[Paraguay River]], amaist at the confluence o this river wi the River Pilcomayo. The Paraguay River an the Bay o Asunción in the northwast separate the ceety frae the Occidental Region o Paraguay an [[Argentinae]] in the sooth pairt o the ceety. The rest o the ceety is surroondit bi the [[Central Depairtment]].

Wi its location alang the Paraguay River, the ceety affers mony landscapes; it spreads oot ower gentle hills in a pattern o rectangular blocks. Places sic as Cerro Lambaré, a hill locatit in [[Lambaré]], affer a spectacular show in the waretime acause o the blossomin [[lapacho]] trees in the aurie. Pairks sic as Parque Independencia an Parque Carlos Antonio López affer lairge auries o teepical Paraguayan vegetation an ar frequentit bi tourists. Thare ar several sma hills an slichtly elevatit auries throughoot the ceety, includin Cabará, Clavel, Tarumá, Cachinga, an Tacumbú, amang ithers.

===Destricts an neebourheids ===
Asunción is organisit geographically intae destricts an thir in turn bring thegither the different neebourheids.

[[File:Asunción - Barrios.png|thumb|400px|Neebourheids o Asunción]]
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:gray;"
!Neebourheid
!Population (2002)
!Neebourheid
!Population (2002)
!Neebourheid
!Population (2002)
|-
|1. [[Itá Enramada (Asunción)|Itá Enramada]]
|align=right|4845
|24. [[Seminario (Asunción)|Seminario]]
|align=right|5070
|47. [[Pinoza (Asunción)|Pinoza]]
|align=right|6621
|-
|2. [[Santa Ana (Asunción)|Santa Ana]]
|align=right|5775
|25. [[Vista Alegre (Asunción)|Vista Alegre]]
|align=right|12,611
|48. [[Jara (Asunción)|Jara]]
|align=right|13,554
|-
|3. [[Bañado Santa Ana (Asunción)|Bañado Santa Ana]]
|align=right|8374
|26. [[Panambí Retá (Asunción)|Panambí Retá]]
|align=right|2386
|49. [[Banco San Miguel (Asunción)|Banco San Miguel]]
|align=right|953
|-
|4. [[Roberto L. Pettit (Asunción)|Roberto L. Pettit]]
|align=right|20,201
|27. [[Panambí Verá (Asunción)|Panambí Verá]]
|align=right|2591
|50. [[Tablada Nueva]]
|align=right|6573
|-
|5. [[Republicano (Asunción)|Republicano]]
|align=right|8429
|28. [[San Pablo (Asunción)|San Pablo]]
|align=right|21,787
|51. [[Virgen del Huerto (Asunción)|Virgen del Huerto]]
|align=right|4809
|-
|6. [[Pirizal (Asunción)|Pirizal]]
|align=right|4022
|29. [[Terminal (Asunción)|Terminal]]
|align=right|4305
|52. [[Virgen de la Asunción (Asunción)|Virgen de la Asunción]]
|align=right|9983
|-
|7. [[San Vicente (Asunción)|San Vicente]]
|align=right|15,412
|30. [[Hipódromo (Asunción)|Hipódromo]]
|align=right|8348
|53. [[Bella Vista (Asunción)|Bella Vista]]
|align=right|6657
|-
|8. [[Bañado Tacumbú (Asunción)|Bañado Tacumbú]]
|align=right|10,958
|31. [[Nazareth (Asunción)|Nazareth]]
|align=right|7133
|54. [[Santo Domingo (Asunción)|Santo Domingo]]
|align=right|2591
|-
|9. [[Obrero (Asunción)|Obrero]]
|align=right|19,823
|32. [[Villa Aurelia]]
|align=right|9871
|55. [[Cañada del Ybaray (Asunción)|Cañada del Ybaray]]
|align=right|3166
|-
|10. [[Tacumbú]]
|align=right|13,366
|33. [[Los Laureles (Asunción)|Los Laureles]]
|align=right|3517
|56. [[Las Lomas (Asunción)|Las Lomas (Carmelitas)]]
|align=right|5604
|-
|11. [[Sajonia (Asunción)|Sajonia]]
|align=right|14,873
|34. [[Mariscal Estigarribia (Asunción)|Mariscal Estigarribia]]
|align=right|7711
|57. [[Madame Lynch (Asunción)|Madame Lynch]]
|align=right|8589
|-
|12. [[Itá Pytá Punta (Asunción)|Itá Pytá Punta]]
|align=right|4225
|35. [[San Cristóbal (Asunción)|San Cristóbal]]
|align=right|6618
|58. [[Salvador del Mundo (Asunción)|Salvador del Mundo]]
|align=right|3883
|-
|13. [[San Antonio (Asunción)|San Antonio]]
|align=right|9544
|36. [[Herrera (Asunción)|Herrera]]
|align=right|5149
|59. [[Ñu Guazú (Asunción)|Ñu Guazú]]
|align=right|1342
|-
|14. [[Dr. Francia (Asunción)|Dr. Francia]]
|align=right|10,925
|37. [[Santa María (Asunción)|Santa María]]
|align=right|4591
|60. [[Mbocayaty (Asunción)|Mbocayaty]]
|align=right|6512
|-
|15. [[La Encarnación (Asunción)|La Encarnación]]
|align=right|4928
|38. [[Ytay]]
|align=right|3054
|61. [[Mburucuyá (Asunción)|Mburucuyá]]
|align=right|8377
|-
|16. [[Catedral (Asunción)|Catedral]]
|align=right|3676
|39. [[San Jorge (Asunción)|San Jorge]]
|align=right|4844
|62. [[Santísima Trinidad (Asunción)|Trinidad]]
|align=right|4515
|-
|17. [[General Díaz (Asunción)|General Díaz]]
|align=right|6068
|40. [[Ycuá Satí]]
|align=right|6687
|63. [[Virgen de Fátima (Asunción)|Virgen de Fátima]]
|align=right|6064
|-
|18. [[Pettirossi (Asunción)|Pettirossi]]
|align=right|11380
|41. [[Manorá (Asunción)|Manorá]]
|align=right|1898
|64. [[San Rafael (Asunción)|San Rafael]]
|align=right|10,732
|-
|19. [[San Roque (Asunción)|San Roque]]
|align=right|6355
|42. [[Villa Morra]]
|align=right|4114
|65. [[Botánico (Asunción)|Botánico]]
|align=right|9982
|-
|20. [[Ricardo Brugada (Asunción)|Ricardo Brugada]] ([[Ricardo Brugada (Asunción)|Chacarita]])
|align=right|10,455
|43. [[Recoleta (Asunción)|Recoleta]]
|align=right|10,230
|66. [[Zeballos Cué]]
|align=right|18,553
|-
|21. [[San Felipe (Asunción)|San Felipe]]
|align=right|5679
|44. [[Tembetary]]
|align=right|3515
|67. [[Loma Pytá (Asunción)|Loma Pytá]]
|align=right|6231
|-
|22. [[Las Mercedes (Asunción)|Las Mercedes]]
|align=right|4827
|45. [[Mburicaó (Asunción)|Mburicaó]]
|align=right|7691
|68. [[San Blas (Asunción)|San Blas]]
|align=right|3651
|-
|23. [[Ciudad Nueva (Asunción)|Ciudad Nueva]]
|align=right|8584
|46. [[General Caballero (Asunción)|General Caballero]]
|align=right|8128
|69. [[Santa Rosa (Asunción)|Santa Rosa]]
|align=right|3546
|-
|12a. [[Carlos A. López]]
|align=right|?
|
|
|
|70. [[Mariscal López (Asunción)|Mariscal López]]
|align=right|5025
|}

=== Climate ===

Asunción featurs a [[tropical savanna climate]] that borders on a [[humid subtropical climate]]. Asunción generally haes a relatively short [[dry saison]] that spans frae Juin tae September an a [[wet saison]] that covers the remainder o the year. The climate o Asunción can be describit as het an humid for maist o the year. Durin the wet saison, Asunción is generally het an humid tho towards the end o this saison, it becomes noticeably ceuler. In contrast, Asunción's dry saison is pleasantly mild.

[[File:Abril2010026.jpg|thumb|A rainy Mariscal Lopez Avenue]]

{{Weather box
|location = Asunción, Paraguay
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan high C = 33
|Feb high C = 33
|Mar high C = 32
|Apr high C = 28
|May high C = 25
|Jun high C = 23
|Jul high C = 23
|Aug high C = 24
|Sep high C = 26
|Oct high C = 29
|Nov high C = 31
|Dec high C = 32
|year high C = 28.2
|Jan low C = 23
|Feb low C = 22
|Mar low C = 21
|Apr low C = 19
|May low C = 16
|Jun low C = 14
|Jul low C = 14
|Aug low C = 14
|Sep low C = 16
|Oct low C = 18
|Nov low C = 20
|Dec low C = 22
|year low C = 18.2
|Jan precipitation mm = 158
|Feb precipitation mm = 122
|Mar precipitation mm = 115
|Apr precipitation mm = 157
|May precipitation mm = 110
|Jun precipitation mm = 72
|Jul precipitation mm = 42
|Aug precipitation mm = 77
|Sep precipitation mm = 79
|Oct precipitation mm = 116
|Nov precipitation mm = 153
|Dec precipitation mm = 132
|year precipitation mm = 1333
|source 1 = The Weather Network<ref name=WN>{{cite web
|url=https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/home.html|title=Weather Information for Asunción |accessdate=November 9, 2008}}</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}

[[File:Avenida Mariscal López de Asunción.jpg|thumb|Mariscal Lopez Avenue]]
[[File:Asunción at night.jpg|thumb|Asunción at nicht]]

== Eddication ==
The leeteracy rate is 95 percent, the hichtest in Paraguay. The nummer o schuils haes doobled syne 1982. Student nummers hae doobled syne 1962.

=== Schuils ===
The ceety haes a lairge nummer o baith public an private schuils. The best-kent public schuils ar the Colegio Nacional de la Capital (which is ane o the auldest schuils in the ceety, foondit efter the Triple Alliance War in 1877), Colegio Presidente Franco an Colegio Nacional Asunción Escalada. The best-kent private schuils ar Colegio Inmaculado Corazón de María, Salesianito, [[Colegio Cristo Rey]] (a Jesuit private schuil), Colegio Internacional (an American missionary schuil), Colegio San José (Catholic schuil), Colegio Santa Teresa de Jesús (Catholic schuil) [[American School o Asuncion|American School o Asunción]], [[Scuola Italiana Dante Alighieri|Colegio Dante Alighieri]] (Italian private schuil), Colegio Santa Clara (Franciscan School), Colegio Goethe (German schuil), Pan American International School (American-creditit an awardit bi the American Buird o Accreditation), Colegio de la Asunción an [[Colegio Campoalto]] (Catholic schuils)

=== Universities ===
[[File:Foto-Fachada-UA-01.jpg|thumb|Universidad Americana]]
The main varsities in the ceety ar the [[Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción]] (private Catholic varsity) an the [[Universidad Nacional de Asunción]] (state-run). The Católica haes a sma campus in the dountoun aurie next tae the Cathedral an a lairger campus in the Santa Ana neighborhood, ootwards toward the adjoinin ceety o [[Lambaré]], while the Universidad Nacional haes its main campus in the ceety o [[San Lorenzo, Paraguay|San Lorenzo]], some 5&nbsp;km eastward frae Asunción. Thare ar an aa a nummer o smawer privately run varsities sic as Uninorte, [[Universidad Americana]] an [[Universidad Autónoma de Asunción]], amang ithers.

== Economy ==
Awtho the economically active population o Asunción haes no increased significantly in the last 10 years, it haes doubled syne 1962.

The industrial distribution o the economically active population show that the tertiary (business an services) sector is the maist important, employin 8 oot o 10 o aw economically active fowk.  The seicontary sector (manufacturin an construction) employs 16% o the active population, while the primary sector (farmin) is practically nan-existent, as Asunción is a completely urban destrict.

[[File:Citibank=Asunción.jpg|thumb|Citibank Touer]]
In terms o commerce, it shoud be notit that this sector haes grown considerably in recent years stretchin towards the suburbs whaur shoppin malls an supermercats hae been biggit.

Paraguay's anerlie stock exchynge, the [[BVPASA]], is locatit here. The ceety itsel is leetit on it, as {{BVPASA|MUA}}.

In Julie 2008, Asunción wis foond tae be the "cheapest ceety in the warld" bi [[Mercer (consultin firm)|Mercer]].

== Transportation ==

Acause the [[Paraguay River]] runs richt next tae Asunción the ceety is served bi a river terminal in the dountoun aurie. This port is strategically locatit inside a bay an it is whaur maist freight enters an leaves the kintra. Thare is a lesser terminal in the Sajonia neighbourhuid, an a shuttle port in Ita Enramada, amaist opposite the Argentine ceety o [[Clorinda]].

[[File:Omnibus-asu.jpg|thumb|Asunción's new buses]]

Public transportation is uised hivilie an is served throu buses that reach aw the regions o the ceety an surroodin [[dormitory community|dormitory communities]]. The main lang-distance bus terminal is on the Avenida República Argentina an its bus services connect aw o the [[Depairtments o Paraguay]], as well as internaitional routes tae nearbi kintras sic as Argentinae, Brazil, Bolivie an Uruguay.

Asunción is served bi the [[Silvio Pettirossi Interniational Airport]] locatit in the ceety o [[Luque]].

=== Air ===

[[File:Silvio Pettirossi International Airport.jpg|left|thumb|[[Silvio Pettirossi International Airport]]]]
'''[[Silvio Pettirossi International Airport]]''' {{Airport codes|ASU|SGAS}} is [[Paraguay]]'s main naitional an internaitional gateway, locatit at [[Luque]], suburb o the caipital Asunción. It is named efter the Paraguayan aviator [[Silvio Pettirossi]] an wis umwhile kent as Presidente Stroessner Internaitional Airport, efter Paraguay's umwhile dictator General [[Alfredo Stroessner]].

== Tourist attractions ==
[[File:Calle palma asuncion.jpg|right|thumb|Traditional buildings in Calle Palma]]
[[File:Palacio de López de noche.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Palacio de los López|Lopez Presidential Palace]]]]

The ceety is hame tae the Godoi Museum an the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (which contains auld pentins frae the 19t century), the Kirk o La Encarnación an the [[Metropolitan Cathedral]], an the [[Naitional Pantheon o the Heroes]], a smawer version o [[Les Invalides]] in [[Paris]], whaur mony o the naition's heroes ar entombed. Ither laundmerks include the [[Palacio de los López]], the auld Senate building (a modren biggin opened tae hoose Congress in 2003), the Catedral Metropolitana an the [[Casa de la Independencia Museum|Casa de la Independencia]] (ane o the few examples o colonial airchitectur remainin in the ceety).

<gallery>
[[File:Museo del Cabildo.jpg|Museo del Cabildo]]
[[File:Catedral de Asunción.jpg|Catedral de Asunción]]
</gallery>

Calle Palma is the main street dountoun whaur several historical biggins, plazas, shops, restaurants an cafes ar locatit. The "Manzana de la Rivera", locatit in front o the Presidential Palace, is a series o auld traditional hames that hae been restored an serve as a museum showcasin the airchitectural evolution o the ceety. The auld railwey station maintains the auld trains that nou ar uised in tourist trips tae the ceeties o [[Luque]] an [[Areguá]].

{{more|rail transport in Paraguay}}

Asunción an aa haes luxurious malls that contain shops sellin well-kent brands. The biggest shopping malls ar [http://www.delsol.com.py/ Shopping del Sol], which includes a Macy's-style depairtment store; [http://www.mariscallopez.com.py/ Mariscal López Shopping], Shopping Villa Morra in the central pairt o the ceety, an the Mall Excelsior dountoun.

== Sports an entertainment ==
[[fitbaa]] is the main sport in Paraguay, an Asunción is home tae some o the maist important an traditional soccer teams lik [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]], [[Cerro Porteño]] an [[Club Libertad]], [[Club Nacional]], [[Club Guaraní]], [[Club Sol de América]], which hae thair awn stadiums an sport facilities for affiliated members. The [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco|Defensores del Chaco]] stadium is the main fitbaa stadium o the kintra an is locatit in the neighbourhood o [[Sajonia (Asunción)|Sajonia]], juist a few minutes away frae the centre o Asunción. Syne it is a [[naitional stadium]] whiles it is uised for ither activities sic as [[rock muisic|rock]] concerts.

The nichtlife revolves aroond twa auries: ane in the dountoun pairt o the ceety an the ither in the neighbourhoods o [[Manorá (Asunción)|Manora]] an Las Carmelitas, a strip full o [[nichtclub]]s an bars.

As it haes been happenin in mony ither pairts o the warld, cinemas hae migratit intae the main shoppin malls.

[[File:Teatro Municipal Ignacio A. Pane.jpg|thumb|Municipal Theater "Ignacio A. Pane"]]

Asunción an aa host several [[symphony orchestras]], an [[ballet]], [[opera]] an [[theater]] companies. The maist weel kent orchestras ar the Ceety o Asunción's Symphony Orchestra (OSCA), the Naitional Symphony Orchestra an the Northren Varsity Symphony Orchestra. Amang professional ballet companies, maist renowned ar the Asunción Classic an Modren Municipal Ballet, the Naitional Ballet an the Northren Varsity Ballet. The main opera company is the Northren Varsity Opera Company. A lang-standin theater company is Arlequín Theater Foundation's. Traditional venues include the [[Municipal theatre Ignacio A. Pane.|Municipal Theater]], the Paraguayan-Japanese Center, the Central Bank's Great Lyric Theater, the Juan de Salazar Cultural Center, the Americaes Theater, the Tom Jobim Theater, the Arlequín Theater an the [[Manzana de la Rivera]].

== Interniational relations ==
{{dablink|See an aa [[Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Sooth Americae]]}}

=== Twin touns — Sister ceeties ===
Asunción is [[toun twinnin|twinned]] wi:
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* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Rosario]], [[Argentinae]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[La Plata]], [[Argentinae]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.ar/portal/seree/dirfe/hermanamientos2.html |title=Cancillería. Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Asuntos Federales y Electorales. Hermanamientos |publisher=Cancilleria.gov.ar |date= |accessdate=2012-06-05 |archive-date=2007-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520134809/http://www.cancilleria.gov.ar/portal/seree/dirfe/hermanamientos2.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentinae]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Formosa, Argentinae|Formosa]], [[Argentinae]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Corrientes]], [[Argentinae]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Resistencia, Chaco|Resistencia]], [[Argentinae]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Posadas, Misiones|Posadas]], [[Argentinae]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Santa Fe, Argentinae|Santa Fe]], [[Argentinae]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Iquique]], [[Chile]]
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Campinas]], [[Brazil]]
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Curitiba]], [[Brazil]]
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]
* {{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], 1982<ref>[http://www.munimadrid.es/UnidadWeb/Contenidos/EspecialInformativo/RelacInternac/RRII/HermanamientosyAcuerdos/Files/hermanamiento_UCCI.pdf Documento de declaración de hermanamiento entre las capitales latinoamericanas]. ''Municipalidad de Madrid'', URL último acceso el 18/11/2007.</ref>
* {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Trujillo, Peru|Trujillo]], [[Peru]]
* {{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]]
* {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]], [[Japan]]
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
* {{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Bogotá]], [[Colombie]]
* {{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]], [[Bolivie]]
* {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Ciudad de México]], [[Mexico]]
* {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]], [[Mexico]], 2009
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==References==
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== Freemit airtins ==
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* [http://3dlatinamerica.com/ 3dLatinamerica.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216194037/http://3dlatinamerica.com/ |date=2014-12-16 }} Mony 3-dimensional hicht-quality images o Asunción an ither ceeties in Latin Americae (an aa viewable in standard 2-D)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070807015807/http://www.senatur.gov.py/Paraguay/asuncion.htm Senatur Asunción Info (in Spaingie)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080212071256/http://www.uninet.com.py/paraguay/asuncion_map.html Map of downtown area] an a downloadable cairt o the ceety ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080204112811/http://www.uninet.com.py/paraguay/mapaasu_1.html part 1])
* [http://www.mca.gov.py/ Municipality of Asunción]

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