San Jose de los Arroyos

San José de los Arroyos, on Route PY02 in the southwest of Caaguazú department, is one of the oldest districts in the department — founded on March 19, 1780 by governor Pedro Melo de Portugal (though some historians attribute an earlier 1555 founding to Ñuflo de Chaves) and originally named San José de los dos Arroyos ("Saint Joseph of the Two Streams"). It was established as a municipality on May 25, 1884. Its roughly 887 km² of plains, watered by tributaries of the Tebicuary Mí river, are used mostly for agriculture and cattle, sheep, horse, and pig raising, alongside cotton, yerba mate, sugarcane, and cassava cultivation. The 2022 census recorded a population of 13,926, most of it rural.

By Plane

Nearest airport is Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), to the west.

By Train

No passenger rail.

By Car / Road

San José de los Arroyos sits on Route PY02, north of Coronel Oviedo.

The town center is small and walkable.

• Rural plains – Grazing and farming land watered by tributaries of the Tebicuary Mí river.

• Coronel Oviedo – The Caaguazú departmental capital, to the south.
• Yhú – Agricultural district to the east.
• Carayaó – Rural district to the north.