Ycuamandiyu

Ycuamandiyú lies beside the Jejuí River, a tributary of the Paraguay in the lowlands north of Asunción. Its Guaraní name refers to a spring and cotton. In 1786 Pedro Gracia founded Villa San Pedro Apóstol de Ycuamandiyú by order of Governor Pedro Melo de Portugal. The new settlement stood near the river route connecting the surrounding country with the Paraguay and the colonial capital downstream.