Quyquyho

Quyquyhó is a town in the southeastern corner of Paraguarí department, about 169 km from Asunción, covering a district of roughly 624 km². It was founded in 1776 by governor Agustín Fernando de Pinedo, one of several towns he established that year. Its name recalls a legend from the founding: a cacique named Quyquy resisted Christianization and Spanish colonial authority and fled with part of his people; when the governor's emissaries asked locals where he had gone, one replied in Guaraní, "Quyquy ohó" — "Quyquy has left." Quyquyhó is known as the birthplace of Fulgencio Yegros and Antonio Tomás Yegros, two prominent figures in Paraguay's independence movement. The climate is subtropical; best visited May–September.

By Plane

Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), near Asunción, is the nearest airport, roughly 170 km away.

By Train

No passenger rail.

By Car / Road

Quyquyhó is reached via secondary roads from Paraguarí, to the west. Road conditions vary.

Walkable.

• Birthplace of the Yegros brothers – Quyquyhó is known as the hometown of Fulgencio Yegros and Antonio Tomás Yegros, both figures in Paraguay's independence movement.
• Rural landscape – Hills and farmland.

• La Colmena (west) – Japanese colony.
• Paraguarí (west) – Department capital.
• San Roque González de Santa Cruz (northeast) – Rural settlement.