Nueva Asunción (''New Asunción'') is a Paraguayan district located in the
Presidente Hayes Department
Presidente Hayes () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Villa Hayes. The department was named after U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, who awarded the territory to Paraguay while arbitrating a boundary dispute between Par ...
, on the western bank of the
Paraguay River
The Paraguay River (''Ysyry Paraguái'' in Guarani language, Guarani, ''Rio Paraguai'' in Portuguese language, Portuguese, ''Río Paraguay'' in Spanish language, Spanish) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bol ...
, about 5 km from
Asunción
Asunción (, ) 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 of Asunción in the north ...
.
Previously the area was known as Chaco'i, which means «little chaco» in
Guaraní Guarani, Guaraní or Guarany may refer to
Ethnography
* Guaraní people, an indigenous people from South America's interior (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia)
* Guarani language, or Paraguayan Guarani, an official language of Paraguay
* G ...
. 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.
References
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Populated places in the Presidente Hayes Department