Mbocayaty
Mbocayaty | |
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Church in 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 |
Mbocayaty (Guaraní: Mbokajaty) is a town in the Guairá Department of Paraguay. Its located 7 km to the north of Villarrica and 166 km to the east of Asuncion.
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"