Local time
Sun, 11:33 PM GMT+8Asia/ManilaCityCapital
Asunción
25.29° S, 57.64° W
- Population
- 1,870,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 7
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 7 cities of Paraguay in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Paraguay, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Asia/Manila
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Practical bearings for Asunción, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Asunción have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name means "assumption" in Spanish. The Spanish founded the city on August 15, 1537, the Catholic feast day for the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person