Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay

Eusebio Ayala is a city and district of the Cordillera Department, Paraguay. It is named after Eusebio Ayala, a former President of Paraguay. It is located approximately 72 km of the city of Asunción, capital of Paraguay.

This city lies on the right bank of the stream Piribebuy, being axis road from where routes depart inside and outside the department. It was formerly called "Barrero Grande" and is still commonly known by this name, and it is well known for being the birthplace of the famous Chipa Barrero and for being located next to the fields of Acosta Ñu, the site of the Battle of Acosta Ñu, famous for the rump Paraguayan Army's desperate employment of child, elderly and wounded soldiers against a much larger veteran Brazilian and Argentine force in what proved to be the last major engagement of the Paraguayan War (1864 to 1870).