asunción (english: , spanish: [asunˈsjon], guarani: paraguay) 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.the paraguay river and the bay of asunción in the northwest separate the city from the occidental region of paraguay and from argentina in the south part of the city.the rest of the city is surrounded by the central department.asunción is one of the oldest cities in south america and the longest continually inhabited area in the río de la plata basin; for this reason it is known as 'the mother of cities'.from asunción, spanish colonial expeditions departed to found other cities, including the second foundation of buenos aires, that of other important cities such as villarrica, corrientes, santa fe, córdoba, santa cruz de la sierra and 65 more.administratively, the city forms an autonomous capital district, not a part of any department.the metropolitan area, called gran asunción, includes the cities of san lorenzo, fernando de la mora, lambaré, luque, mariano roque alonso, ñemby, san antonio, limpio, capiatá and villa elisa, which are part of the central department.the asunción metropolitan area has around two million inhabitants.the asunción stock exchange lists the municipality of asunción as bvpasa: mua.asunción is one of the best cities for investments, both in construction and services, thus being one of the cities in the region with the highest economic growth, nowadays.the globalization and world cities research network classifies asunción as a 'gamma city'.it is the home of the national government, principal port, and the chief industrial, political, economic and cultural center of paraguay.near asunción are the headquarters of the conmebol, the continental governing body of association football in south america.asunción ranks as one of the cheapest cities in the world for foreign visitors, and the third safest capital in latin america, behind buenos aires and santiago, according to insight crime.later, juan de salazar y espinosa and gonzalo de mendoza, a relative of pedro de mendoza, were sent in search of ayolas, but failed to find him.on his way up and then down the river, de salazar stopped briefly at a bay in the left bank to resupply his ships.he found the natives friendly, and decided to found a fort there in august 1537.he named it nuestra señora santa maría de la asunción (our lady saint mary of the assumption – the roman catholic church celebrates the feast of the assumption on august 15).in 1542 natives destroyed buenos aires, and the spaniards there fled to asunción.thus the city became the center of a large spanish colonial province comprising part of brazil, present-day paraguay and northeastern argentina: the giant province of the indies.in 1603 asunción was the seat of the first synod of asunción, which set guidelines for the evangelization of the natives in their lingua franca, guaraní.in 1731 an uprising under josé de antequera y castro was one of the first rebellions against spanish colonial rule.the uprising failed, but it was the first sign of the independent spirit that was growing among the criollos, mestizos and natives of paraguay.the event influenced the independence of paraguay, which subsequently materialized in 1811.the secret meetings between the independence leaders to plan an ambush against the spanish governor in paraguay (bernardo de velasco) took place at the home of juana maría de lara, in downtown asunción.on the night of may 14 and may 15, 1811, the rebels succeeded and forced governor velasco to surrender.
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asunción (english: , spanish: [asunˈsjon], guarani: paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of paraguay.the paraguay river and the bay of asunción in the northwest separate the city from the occidental region of paraguay and from argentina in the south part of the city.asunción is one of the oldest cities in south america and the longest continually inhabited area in the río de la plata basin; for this reason it is known as 'the mother of cities'.from asunción, spanish colonial expeditions departed to found other cities, including the second foundation of buenos aires, that of other important cities such as villarrica, corrientes, santa fe, córdoba, santa cruz de la sierra and 65 more.administratively, the city forms an autonomous capital district, not a part of any department.the metropolitan area, called gran asunción, includes the cities of san lorenzo, fernando de la mora, lambaré, luque, mariano roque alonso, ñemby, san antonio, limpio, capiatá and villa elisa, which are part of the central department.the asunción metropolitan area has around two million inhabitants.the asunción stock exchange lists the municipality of asunción as bvpasa: mua.asunción is one of the best cities for investments, both in construction and services, thus being one of the cities in the region with the highest economic growth, nowadays.the globalization and world cities research network classifies asunción as a 'gamma city'.near asunción are the headquarters of the conmebol, the continental governing body of association football in south america.asunción ranks as one of the cheapest cities in the world for foreign visitors, and the third safest capital in latin america, behind buenos aires and santiago, according to insight crime.he named it nuestra señora santa maría de la asunción (our lady saint mary of the assumption – the roman catholic church celebrates the feast of the assumption on august 15).in 1542 natives destroyed buenos aires, and the spaniards there fled to asunción.in 1603 asunción was the seat of the first synod of asunción, which set guidelines for the evangelization of the natives in their lingua franca, guaraní.the secret meetings between the independence leaders to plan an ambush against the spanish governor in paraguay (bernardo de velasco) took place at the home of juana maría de lara, in downtown asunción.