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Encyclopedia Britannica



ASUNCION (NUESTRA SENORA DE LA ASUNCION)

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 821 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ARN-AUD
ASUNCION (NUESTRA SENORA DE LA ASUNCION) , a city and
port of
Paraguay
 , and
capital
  of the republic, on the left bank of the
Paraguay
  river in 25 16' 04" S., 570 42' 40" W., and 970 M. above Buenos Aires. Pop. (est. in moo) 52,000. The port is connected with Buenos Aires and
Montevideo
  by regular lines of river steamers, which are its only means of trade communication with the outer world, and with the inland town of Villa' Rica. (95 m.) by a railway worked by an English company. The city faces upon a curve in the river bank forming what is called the Bay of
Asuncion
 , and is built on a low sandy plain, rising to pretty hillsides overlooking the bay and the low, wooded country of the Chaco on the opposite shore. The general
elevation
  is only 253 ft. above sea-level.
Asuncion
  is laid out on a regular plan, the credit for which is largely due to Dictator
Francia
 ; the principal streets are paved and lighted by gas and electricity; and telephone and street-car services are maintained. The climate is 'hot but healthful, the mean annual temperature being about, 72 F. The, city is the seat of a bishopric dating from 1547, and contains a large number of religious edifices. It has a national college and public library, but no.
great
  progress in education has been made. The most prominent edifice in the city is the palace begun by the younger Lopez, which is now occupied by a bank. There are some business edifices and residences of considerable architectural merit, but the greater part are small: and inconspicuous, a majority of the residences being thatched, mud-walled cabins. Considerable progress was made during the last two decades of the 19th century, however, notwithstanding misgovernment and the extreme poverty of the people. Asuncion
was founded by Ayolas in 1535, and is the oldest permanent Spanish
settlement
  on the La Plata. It was for a long time the seat of Spanish
rule
  in this region, and later the scene of a bitter struggle between the church authorities and Jesuits. Sodas after the declaration of independence in 1811, the city fell under the despotic
rule
  of Dr
Francia
 , and then under that of the elder and younger Lopez, through which its development was greatly impeded. It was captured and plundered by the Brazilians in 1869, and has been the theatre of several revolutionary outbreaks since then, one of which (1905) resulted in a blockade of several months' duration. (A. J. L.)


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