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Asunción is a Spanish word that means ascension or assumption. In most cases the name refers to the Assumption of Mary.

Asunción may refer to:

• Costa Rica
  • La Asunción District, in Belén Canton, Heredia province, Costa Rica
• Guatemala
  • Asunción Mita, a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala
  • La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, the formal name of Guatemala City, Guatemala
• Mexico
  • Asunción Cacalotepec, a town and municipality in Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Asunción Cuyotepeji, a town and municipality in Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Asunción Ixtaltepec, a town and municipality in Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Asunción Nochixtlán, a town and municipality in Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Asunción Ocotlán, a town and municipality in Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Asunción Tlacolulita, a town and municipality in Oaxaca, Mexico
• Paraguay
  • Asunción, the capital city of Paraguay
  • Gran Asunción, the metropolitan area of the city of Asunción, Paraguay
• Peru
  • Asunción District, Chachapoyas, in Chachapoyas province, Amazonas region, Peru
  • Asunción Province, a province of the Ancash Region in Peru
• Philippines
  • Asuncion, Davao del Norte, a municipality in the province of Davao del Norte, Philippines
• United States
  • Asuncion, California, an unincorporated area in the United States
  • Asuncion Island, one of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Venezuela
  • La Asunción, a city in Nueva Esparta state of Venezuela

• Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez (1862-1936), Spanish writer and essayist

• Al Asuncion (1929–2006), Filipino boxer
• José Asunción Flores (1904–1972), Paraguayan composer
• José Asunción Silva (1865–1896), Colombian poet
• María Asunción Aramburuzabala (1963—), the wealthiest woman in Mexico

• Asunción Paraguay Temple, a Mormon temple in Asunción
• Estadio La Asunción, a stadium in Asunción Mita, Guatemala
• First Synod of Asunción, a synod of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Paraguay in 1603
• Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Zia, a Spanish Mission in the area that is now New Mexico, USA; established 1706
• Olimpia Asunción, a traditional Paraguayan sports club based in Asunción
• Treaty of Asunción, a 1991 economic treaty among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay

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