Asunción (pry)

Asunción

Asunción ranks 123rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Milwaukee, Hanover, and Jerusalem. Memorable people born in Asunción include Francisco Solano López, Carlos Antonio López, and Augusto Roa Bastos. Memorable people who died in Asunción include Anastasio Somoza Debayle, José Gervasio Artigas, and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia. Asunción has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players. Asunción is located in Paraguay.

Asunción 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. Read more on Wikipedia