Settlement Type: | City |
Official Name: | Nueva Asunción |
Pushpin Map: | Paraguay |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Paraguay |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Paraguay |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Presidente Hayes |
Leader Title: | Intendant |
Leader Name: | Juan Miguel Vera (ANR) |
Named For: | Assumption of Mary |
Established Title: | Founded |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 29.1 |
Area Total Km2: | 75.24 |
Population Demonym: | Neoasunceno, -a |
Coordinates: | -25.2333°N -95°W |
Elevation M: | 43 |
Elevation Ft: | 141 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1001–1925 |
Area Code: | +595 (21) |
Blank1 Name: | Climate |
Blank1 Info: | Cfa |
Population Est: | 5,000[1] |
Pop Est As Of: | 2022 |
Nueva Asunción (New Asunción) is a Paraguayan district located in the Presidente Hayes Department, on the western bank of the Paraguay River, about 5 km from Asunción.[2]
Previously the area was known as Chaco'i, which means «little chaco» in Guaraní. Since 2021 it was officially given the name Nueva Asunción, referring to the fact that it is the «new city» that represents the growth and expansion of Greater Asunción on the other side of the Paraguay River on the western region, a previously very depopulated and underdeveloped area.[3]