Greater Asunción (Spanish: Gran Asunción) is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción.

[1] It consists of twenty cities: Asunción itself, the capital, and the surrounding cities in Central Department.

One in three Paraguayans live in this metropolitan area, which has more than 2.7 million inhabitants.

[citation needed] The Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Luque connects this metropolitan area with other American and European destinations.