Concepción
Concepción
Coordinates: 23°24′0″S 57°25′48″W / 23.4°S 57.43°W / -23.4; -57.43
Country	Paraguay
Department	Concepción
Concepción	1773 for Agustín Fernando de Pinedo
Government
- Intendente municipal	Luis Herminio Acosta Paniagua (PLRA)
Area
- Total	8.490 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Population (2008)
- Total	76.378
- Density	9/km2 (23.3/sq mi)
Time zone	-4 Gmt
Area code(s)	8700

Concepción is a city in northern Paraguay and capital of the Concepción Department. It lies on the Paraguay River.

Founded by a Spanish Governor, named Agustín Fernado de Pinedo, the town prospered in the early years of the 20th century, as a centre for the north of the country, exploiting the new wealth of the Gran Chaco, and a river port. The town was also a centre for the Paraguayan Civil War of 1947. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay.

Main Catholic chapel in Concepción

[edit] Sources

• World Gazeteer: Paraguay – World-Gazetteer.com

Coordinates: 23°24′S 57°26′W / 23.4°S 57.433°W / -23.4; -57.433

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