Asunción (disambiguation)
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Asunción is a Spanish word that means assumption. In most cases the name refers to the Assumption of Mary. In the Wikipedia, the word may refer to:
[edit] Places
- Asunción, the capital city of Paraguay
- Asunción Capital District, a department of Paraguay
- Gran Asunción, the metropolitan area of the city of Asunción, Paraguay
- Asunción Mita, a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala
- La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, the formal name of Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Asunción District, a district of the Chachapoyas Province, Peru
- Asunción Province, a province of the Ancash Region in Peru
- La Asunción, a city in Nueva Esparta state of Venezuela
- Asuncion, Davao del Norte, a municipality in the province of Davao del Norte, Philippines
- Asuncion Island, one of the northern mariana islands
[edit] Persons
- José Asunción Silva (1865–1896), Colombian poet
- José Asunción Flores (1904–1972), Paraguayan composer
- María Asunción Aramburuzabala (1963—), the wealthiest woman in Mexico
[edit] Other
- Asunción Paraguay Temple, a Mormon temple in Asunción
- Estadio La Asunción, a stadium in Asunción Mita, Guatemala
- First Synod of Asunción, a synod of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Paraguay in 1603
- Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Zia, a Spanish Mission in the area that is now New Mexico, USA; established 1706
- Olimpia Asunción, a traditional Paraguayan sports club based in Asunción
- Treaty of Asunción, a 1991 economic treaty among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay