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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.
The Assumption of Mary into Heaven is, according to the beliefs of the Catholic Church, Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy, the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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Asunción Cuyotepeji is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 547.33 km². It is part of the Huajuapan District in the north of the Mixteca Region. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 14,438.Its specific location is in the northwest part of Oaxaca and forms part of a region denominated "La Mixteca" which is a region of Oaxaca in which Nahua civilizations used to be settled. It is 1760 meters above the sea level. Its territory is delimited by other small municipalities. At the north it is limited by Santiago Miltepec and San Juan Bautista Suchitepec municipalities; in south by Santa Maria Camotlan; at the east by Santa Catarina Zapoquila and Santiago Thuitlan Plumas; finally at the west it is delimited by Ciudad de Huajuapan de leon and Santiago Miltepec.
Asunción Ixtaltepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Juchitán District in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region. The town was founded in 1546. The name means "White Mountain".
Asunción Nochixtlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 820.35 km². It is part of the Nochixtlán District in the southeast of the Mixteca Region. Nochixtlan’s neighboring villages are: San Andrés Nuxiño, San Andrés Sinaxtla and San Juan Sayultepec. The settlement, originally called Neochixtlán, was founded in 909 as a Mixtec military zone, by a ruler named Ndazahuidandaa. Between the years 1521-1522 the town suffered different epidemics. This caused the abandonment of the area. The new Nochixtlán was founded by Francisco Orozco on 1527. The economic activity of Nochixtlán is based on the agricultural, ranching and commerce activities. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 14,676. The 16th-century church, Santa María de la Asunción, is notable for a number of fine colonial-era santos.
Great Asunción, is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción.
Asunción Mita is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala.
Guatemala City, locally known as Guatemala or Guate, officially Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nestled in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita. It is estimated that its population is about 1 million. Guatemala City is also the capital of the Municipality of Guatemala and of the Guatemala Department.
Asunción Cacalotepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca, Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 76.55 km². It is part of the Sierra Mixe district within the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca Region. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 753.
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