Villa Morra is a
neighbourhood
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of
Asunción
Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay o ...
, the capital of
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
. It has a population of 5,000 people. The name "Villa Morra" comes from the family name of one of the first owners of the Asunción Tramways company, Mr. Francisco Morra.
Villa Morra is an upscale commercial and residential neighbourhood.
Villa Morra has seen an important development in the last few years with the opening of new high end stores,
restaurants,
hotel
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s,
nightclub
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Nightclubs gener ...
s and even
bank
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Because ...
s and
financial firm
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s.
Some important sites in this barrio include the Senador Long street and the Villa Morra Suites Hotel (built based on the early
20th-century European architecture).
References
Neighbourhoods of Asunción
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