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Gran Asunción | |
|---|---|
| Greater Asunción | |
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 Interactive map of Gran Asunción | |
| Country |  Paraguay |
| Major Cities | Asunción San Lorenzo Luque Capiatá Lambaré Fernando de la Mora |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 2,582 km2 (997 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Metro | 2,722,668 |
| • Metro density | 1,054/km2 (2,730/sq mi) |
Gran Asunción (lit. 'Greater Asunción') is the metropolitan area ofAsunción, the capital city ofParaguay.[1]
It consists of twenty cities: Asunción itself and the surrounding cities inCentral Department. One in three Paraguayans live in this metropolitan area, which has more than 2.7 million inhabitants.[citation needed]
| N° | City | Department | Area | Population |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asunción | Distrito Capital | 117 | 521 559 | |
| 2 | Luque | Central | 152 | 281 719 | |
| 3 | San Lorenzo | Central | 56 | 258 919 | |
| 4 | Capiatá | Central | 88 | 240 950 | |
| 5 | Lambaré | Central | 27 | 182 689 | |
| 6 | Fernando de la Mora | Central | 20 | 180 186 | |
| 7 | Limpio | Central | 110 | 150 566 | |
| 8 | Ñemby | Central | 29 | 144 106 | |
| 9 | Itauguá | Central | 126 | 112 162 | |
| 10 | Mariano Roque Alonso | Central | 40 | 105 789 | |
| 11 | Itá | Central | 182 | 82 032 | |
| 12 | Villa Elisa | Central | 18 | 81 223 | |
| 13 | Areguá | Central | 114 | 77 652 | |
| 14 | San Antonio | Central | 23 | 69 976 | |
| 15 | Ypané | Central | 53 | 56 793 | |
| 16 | Saldívar | Central | 32 | 55 055 | |
| 17 | Villeta | Central | 868 | 41 235 | |
| 18 | Guarambaré | Central | 30 | 39 084 | |
| 19 | Ypacaraí | Central | 111 | 28 283 | |
| 20 | Nueva Italia | Central | 386 | 12 690 | |
| Total | 2582 | 2 722 668 |
TheSilvio Pettirossi International Airport in Luque connects this metropolitan area with other American and European destinations.
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