San Lorenzo, Paraguay
San Lorenzo | |
|---|---|
 San Lorenzo Kirk | |
  San Lorenzo | |
| Coordinates: 25°20′24″S 57°31′12″W / 25.34000°S 57.52000°W | |
| Kintra | Paraguay |
| Depairtment | Central |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 271,064 |
San Lorenzo is a ceety locatit in the Central Depairtment in Paraguay, some 10 kilometers away frae the caipital Asunción. It is the third maist populated ceety o Paraguay an its main activity is commerce. The Naitional University o Asunción campus is located in San Lorenzo. The ceety is the seat o the Roman Catholic Diocese o San Lorenzo. The Inglis translation is St. Lawrence.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]San Lorenzo wis oreeginally a Jesuit field kent as Ñu Guazú. In 1767 the Jesuits wur expelled frae the kintra, an a toun wis established on 10 August 1775.
Location
[eedit | eedit soorce]San Lorenzo is locatit in the Central Depairtment o Paraguay, about 9km frae the ceety centre. It is a pairt o Gran Asunción. It borders the ceeties o Luque tae the north, Ñemby tae the sooth, Fernando de la Mora tae the east, an Capiatá tae the wast.
- Altitude: 146 meters.
- Latitude: 25º 19' 59" S
- Longitude: 057º 31' 59" O
