Benjamin Aceval

Benjamín Aceval is a district and town in Presidente Hayes department, in the Paraguayan Chaco about 42 km north of Asunción. It was originally settled by foreigners who came from Nueva Burdeos (present-day Villa Hayes) and called the place Monte Sociedad; the district itself was created by law in 1940. It is named for Benjamín Aceval, the Paraguayan diplomat who carried the documents to U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes for the arbitration that awarded the Chaco Boreal to Paraguay after the War of the Triple Alliance. With around 22,000 residents (2022 census), it is the most agriculturally active district in Presidente Hayes, known for extensive sugarcane cultivation and home to the only sugar mill in the Chaco.

By Plane

Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), near Asunción, is the nearest airport.

By Car / Road

Benjamín Aceval sits on Route PY09 (the Transchaco Highway), about 42 km north of Asunción.

The town center is small and walkable.

• Sugar mill – The Chaco region's only sugar mill operates here, tied to the district's extensive cane fields.

• Villa Hayes – Department capital, to the south.
• Asunción – Paraguay's capital, across the river to the south.