Yuty

Yuty, about 98 km south of Caazapá city and 330 km southeast of Asunción, is one of the oldest and most historically significant towns in Paraguay. It was founded on October 4, 1611 by the Spanish Franciscan missionary Luis de Bolaños as the mission of San Francisco de Yuty, part of a Franciscan presence in the Yuty and Caazapá reductions dating to 1607. Its patron is the Virgen de la Natividad. The name's origin has two competing explanations: one traces it to Guaraní yu + ty ("place of thorns"), the other to the phrase "Ayu aty hagui" ("I come from the meeting place"), contracted over time into "Yuty." The district has a population of roughly 22,000.

By Plane

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

By Train

No passenger rail.

By Car / Road

Yuty is reached by road south of Caazapá.

The town center is small and walkable.

• Mission-era town – One of Paraguay's oldest Franciscan mission foundations (1611), among the country's most historic and traditional towns.

• Caazapá – The departmental capital, to the north.
• San Juan Nepomuceno – Historic town to the east.
• Fulgencio Yegros – Rural district to the southwest.