Doctor Moises Santiago Bertoni

Doctor Moisés Santiago Bertoni is a district in Caazapá department, roughly 260 km from Asunción, between the towns of Caazapá and Yuty. It began as a rail settlement called Estación Sosa, founded around 1880, and was renamed on July 27, 1931 (Decree No. 40,843, under President José P. Guggiari) in honor of Swiss-Paraguayan naturalist Moisés Santiago Bertoni, who worked in eastern Paraguay and was the first scientist to describe the stevia plant, in 1899. The district sits in one of Paraguay's higher-rainfall departments, favoring agricultural production; it has a population of roughly 5,000. Note this district is a namesake honoring Bertoni — his actual field research station, the Puerto Bertoni scientific monument, is located elsewhere in eastern Paraguay, in Alto Paraná department near the Iguazú area.

By Plane

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

By Train

No passenger rail.

By Car / Road

Doctor Moisés Santiago Bertoni is reached by road southeast of Caazapá; road conditions may be poor.

The town center is small and walkable.

• Buena Vista – Rural community to the west.
• Caazapá – The departmental capital, to the northwest.
• Yuty – Rural town nearby.