Mbocayaty | |
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 Church in Mbocayaty | |
  Mbocayaty | |
| Coordinates: 25°43′12″S 56°25′12″W / 25.72000°S 56.42000°W | |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Department | Guairá Department |
| Founded by | Jose Mariano Duarte |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 8,003 [1] |
Mbocayaty (Guaraní: Mbokajaty) is a town in the Guairá Department of Paraguay. Its located 7km to the north of Villarrica and 166km to the east of Asuncion.[2]
Originally known as Capilla Duarte (spanish Duarte Chapel) due to the Catholic chapel built in the 1800s by a family named Duarte. Its current name comes from the Guarani language expression Mbokaja + ty which means ¨land with many macaw palms"[3]
- ^ "Resultados Censo 2022" [2022 Census Results] (PDF). INE Paraguay (in Spanish): 41, 44. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ "Mbocayaty del Guaira". Municipios Paraguay. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ Barreto, Antonio Ramon (November 27, 2022). "Mbocayaty, jurisdiccion de Villarrica, antiguamente llamada Capilla Duarte" [Mbocayaty, territory of Villarrica, previously known as Duarte Chapel]. ABC Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved September 19, 2024.