Asuncion is the capital city of Paraguay, located in the center of the country surrounded by Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina. The city has a population of over 680,000 people and faces several environmental issues such as inadequate waste disposal, deforestation, loss of wetlands, and water pollution. Asuncion was founded in 1537 and has since dominated Paraguayan society and politics while also becoming an important center for music, poetry and the arts.

1. Asuncion
Laura Palacios Vallejo

2.  Asunción's land area is 117 km²
 Warm and humid climate
 Centre of music, poetry and arts
 680,250 citizens
Surrounded by Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina
Constitutional Republic (Horacio Cartes
since 2013)

3. Environmental issues
 Inadequate means for waste
disposal that create health risks
for urban residents
 Deforestation
 Loss of wetlands
 Water pollution (Water
Privatization)
 Divided on gentle hills
(Cabará, Clavel and Tarumá)
More than 18 million hectares
of tropical forest
Lots of vascular plants,
amphibians, birds, mammals,
and reptiles. Some are endemic
but most are threatened.

4. He established Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
 Founded in 1537 by Juan de Salazar y Espinoza.
 The city council was established in 1541.
 Asunción dominated national society and politics since
that time.
 Declared independence from Spain in 1811.
 Was a dictatorship.

13. 40% percent of the population—
small, pastel-colored houses
of brick or stucco, with tiled roofs
and iron grillwork on the windows
Poor citizens live in shacks
.

14. Sources of information and images
• Google Images
• http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Asuncion
• http://www.infoplease.com/country/paraguay.html
• http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20paraguay.htm
• http://www.indexmundi.com/paraguay/environment_current_issues.html
• http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/paraguay/pyfacts.
htm
• http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Norway-to-Russia/Paraguayans.html

15. By: Laura Palacios Vallejo