General Isidoro Resquin

General Isidoro Resquín is a district and town in San Pedro department, named for Paraguayan military commander Francisco Isidoro Resquín and established as a district in 1981 under Alfredo Stroessner. It is bordered by Santa Rosa del Aguaray to the north (across the Río Aguaray Guazú), Guayaibí and Choré to the south, Lima to the west, and separated from Canindeyú department by the Río Jejuí Guazú. Its roughly 22,000 residents work mainly in agriculture — mate, cotton, tobacco, sugarcane, cassava, sesame, soy, citrus, and other crops — and trade with the departmental capital, San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú.

By Car / Road

General Isidoro Resquín is reached via secondary roads in northeastern San Pedro department.

The town center is small and walkable.

• Rural farmland – Diversified fields of mate, cotton, tobacco, sugarcane, and other crops surround the town.

• San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú – Department capital, to the southwest.
• Guayaibí – Agricultural district, to the south.
• Santa Rosa del Aguaray – Agricultural district, to the north.