Asunción, Paraguay
Asuncion is the capital and largest city of Paraguay in South America. It is the home of the national government, principal port, and chief industrial and cultural center. Near Asuncion are the headquarters of the CONMEBOL, the continental governing body of association football in South American.
About Asunción, Paraguay in brief
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay in South America. The city stands on the left bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the River Pilcomayo. It is the home of the national government, principal port, and the chief industrial and cultural center. Near Asunción are the headquarters of the CONMEBOL, the continental governing body of association football in South American. The As Paraguay Stock Exchange lists the Municipality of Asunciones as BVPASA: MUA. The capital city is one of the cheapest cities in the world for foreign visitors. It has a population of around two million people, making it one of South America’s most popular tourist destinations. It was the seat of the First Synod, 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 first rebellions against Spanish colonial rule. In 1869 the city fell to Brazilian forces led by Gen. João Joza da Fonseca Costa Costa. After the end of the armed conflict, Brazilian troops occupied the city until 1876 until the downfall of Francisco Solano Lpezano Lóano. The current president of Paraguayan is Carlos Antonio López de Francia, who took office on January 1, 2009. The mayor of As Paraguayan, Carlos Antonio de Francía, is a former president of the University of Buenos Aires. He was the first president to be elected to a four-year term, and was re-elected in 2010.
He is the first mayor to be re- elected for a fifth term, taking office on July 1, 2012. The president of As Tucumán, who was elected in 2010, is the current mayor of Tucumans, the capital city of the state of Misiones, and is also a former mayor of Paraguay. He took office in 2012 and is currently in charge of the presidential election for the 2014 presidential election, which will be held on October 1. The presidential election will be the first in Paraguay’s history to be held in a non-Paraguay-speaking country. The winner will be chosen by a popular vote, with the winner to be announced on October 15, 2014. The election will take place in front of a crowd of 2,000 people at the Estadio Nacional de Paraguay, in the center of the city. The result will be known as the 2014 Paraguay presidential election. The Paraguay national election will also take place on October 16, 2014, and will be broadcast live on national television and radio. It will also be broadcast in Spanish and English, with a Spanish-language version on the following days. The national government is based in the city of San Lorenzo, which is part of the Central Department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asuncion, 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, and the Bay of Asuncion.
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