Mbocayaty ''(
Guaraní Guarani, Guaraní or Guarany may refer to
Ethnography
* Guaraní people, an indigenous people from South America's interior (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia)
* Guarani language, or Paraguayan Guarani, an official language of Paraguay
* G ...
: Mbokajaty)'' is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in the
Guairá Department Guaira may refer to:
* Guayrá, a former region of the Spanish Empire in what is now modern Paraguay and Brazil
* Guaíra Falls, former waterfalls on the Paraná River along the border between Brazil and Paraguay Brazil
* Guaíra, Paraná
Gu ...
of
Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...
. Its located 7 km to the north of
Villarrica and 166 km to the east of
Asuncion.
Originally known as ''Capilla Duarte'' (
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
''Duarte Chapel)'' due to the Catholic chapel built in the 1800s by a family named Duarte. Its current name comes from the
Guarani language
Guarani (Avañe'ẽ), also called Paraguayan Guarani, is a language of South America that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani branch of the Tupian languages, Tupian language family. It is one of the two official languages of Paraguay (along with Spa ...
expression ''Mbokaja + ty'' which means ¨''land with many
macaw palms''"
History and geography
It was founded due to a land donation by a
Catholic priest
The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the holy orders of the Catholic Church. Technically, bishops are a priestly order as well; however, in common English usage ''priest'' refe ...
named Jose Mariano Duarte. Jose Mariano, the first priest and possibly the first school teacher in the area, had inherited the lands from his father, General Carlos Duarte. The Duarte family was from
Villarrica.
In 1903, it was upgraded to municipality disengaged from Villarrica. The first president of its gubernatorial board was Juan de la Cruz Talavera.
During the
Paraguayan War
The Paraguayan War (, , ), also known as the War of the Triple Alliance (, , ), was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It wa ...
it was registered that many female residents of what is now Mbocayaty donated their jewelry to the help with the war efforts and that several local families donated part of their livestock to feed the soldiers.
Since the XX century, the original territory of Mbocayaty started to be divided to lay the foundations of new towns like
Natalicio in 1931,
Independencia in 1955 and
Bottrell in 1983.
Its irrigated by the
Tebicuarymi River and its tributary streams such as Ita, Yaguarete and Gervasia. It borders Bottrell to the North, separated by the Tebicuarymi River. Villarrica to the South, through a stream named Bobo; the towns of Natalicio and Independencia to the east and the town of
Yataity
Yataity is one of the districts of the Guairá Department, Paraguay. Is located east from Asunción. This district is considered the capital of the ao po'i.
Characteristics
It is considered as a little and peaceful city with its big houses w ...
to the west.
References
Sources
World Gazeteer: Paraguay{cbignore, bot=medic – World-Gazetteer.com
Populated places in the Guairá Department