It was founded due to a land donation by a
Catholic priest named Jose Mariano Duarte. Jose Mariano, the first priest and possibly the first school teacher in the area, had inherited the lands from his father, General Carlos Duarte. The Duarte family was from
Villarrica. In 1903, it was upgraded to municipality disengaged from Villarrica. The first president of its gubernatorial board was Juan de la Cruz Talavera. Since the XX century, the original territory of Mbocayaty started to be divided to lay the foundations of new towns like
Natalicio in 1931,
Independencia in 1955 and
Bottrell in 1983. Mbocayaty is irrigated by the
Tebicuarymi River and its tributary streams such as Ita, Yaguarete and Gervasia. It borders Bottrell to the North, separated by the Tebicuarymi River, Villarrica to the South, through a stream named Bobo, the towns of Natalicio and Independencia to the east, and the town of
Yataity to the west. == References ==