Gran Asunción
Greater Asunción (Spanish: Gran Asunción), is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción.
Gran Asunción | |
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| Greater Asunción | |
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| Country |  |
| Major Cities | Asunción San Lorenzo Luque Capiatá Lambaré Fernando de la Mora |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 1,014 km2 (392 sq mi) |
| Population (Population Census of Paraguay 2008) | |
| • Metro | 2,698,401 |
| • Metro density | 2,582.2/km2 (6,688/sq mi) |
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
| City | Area | Population |  In Orange, cities part of the Great Asunción. In green, the rest of the central departament. |
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| 1-Asunción | 117 km² | 544,309 hab | |
| 2-Capiatá | 83 km² | 246,998 hab | |
| 3-Luque | 203 km² | 321,662 hab | |
| 4-San Lorenzo | 91 km² | 380,878 hab | |
| 5-Limpio | 117 km² | 201,245 hab | |
| 6-Ñemby | 40 km² | 192,224 hab | |
| 7-Lambaré | 37 km² | 151,484 hab | |
| 8-San Antonio | 26 km² | 60,382 hab | |
| 9-Fernando de la Mora | 21 km² | 143,524 hab | |
| 10-Villa Elisa | 122 km² | 106,943 hab | |
| 11-Mariano Roque Alonso | 50 km² | 100,031 hab | |
| 12-Itauguá (*) | 122 km² | 148,721 hab | |
| Total | 1,014 km² | 2,698,401 hab |
(*): Itauguá is not formally part of the "Great Asuncion" (2002 census), 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.