Gran Asunción


Greater Asunción, is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción.
It consists of twelve cities: Asunción itself, the capital, and surrounding cities such as San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, Villa Elisa and San Antonio.
One in three Paraguayans live in this metropolitan area; which has more than 2.5 million inhabitants.

Conurbation

The black spot indicates the conurbation in the central departament. The population of the conurbation "asunceno" around 3 million people.

List of cities in Great Asunción

: Itauguá is not formally part of the "Great Asuncion", but due to the increase in urban population the last years, is included in the table.

Transportation

Air

The Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Luque connects this metropolitan area with other American and European destinations.