Asunción (disambiguation)

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:

Places

 * 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

Given name

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

Surname

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

Other

 * 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