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Asunción
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not 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...
Timeline of Events
1537
8.15.1537
Asunción, Paraguay, is founded.
1980
9.17.1980
Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
2004
8.1.2004
A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay.