Nemby

Ñemby lies south of Asunción in the country of the Cario Guaraní, who inhabited the eastern bank of the Paraguay River when the Spanish arrived in the sixteenth century. The name was applied to Guaraní communities south of the new colonial settlement. In 1718 a chapel dedicated to San Lorenzo was established at Ñemby, giving the growing settlement a religious centre. The Guaraní language remained a lasting part of local life.

The later city of Asunción lies nearby.