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El Soberbio
El Soberbio is a village and municipality in Misiones Province in northeastern Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... It contains the Papel Misionero Natural Cultural Reserve, created in 1994. Population As of 2001, El Soberbio had a population of 3,732 (a density of 26.2 people per km2). References :CPA 3364 :3755 phone code :Intercensal Change + 64.0% (1991, 2001) :Type of municipality municipality of category 1 :Municipality population 19,571 (2001) The municipality area Soberbio. El Superb is a city in Argentina in the province of Misiones, head of the department Guaraní. Located at latitude 27 ° 17 'South and longitude 54 ° 13' West, along the Uruguay River, bordered by the small Brazilian town of Porto Soberbo, Rio Grande do Sul has a populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three federated states called provinces ( es, provincias, singular ''provincia'') and one called the autonomous city (''ciudad autónoma'') of Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the republic ( es, Capital Federal, links=no) as decided by the National Congress of Argentina, Argentine Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, and exist under a federalism, federal system. History During the Argentine War of Independence, War of Independence the main cities and their surrounding countrysides became provinces though the intervention of their Cabildo (council), ''cabildos''. The Anarchy of the Year XX completed this process, shaping the original thirteen provinces. Jujuy Province, Jujuy seceded from Salta Province, Salta in 1834, and the thirteen provinces became fourteen. After seceding for a decade, Buenos Aires Province accepted the 1853 Constitution of Argentina in 1861, and its capital city was made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misiones Province
Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes Province of Argentina to the southwest. This was an early area of Roman Catholic missionary activity by the Society of Jesus in what was then called the Province of Paraguay, beginning in the early 17th century. In 1984 the ruins of four mission sites in Argentina were designated World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. History Indigenous peoples of various tribes lived in the area of the future province for thousands of years. At the time of European encounter, it was occupied by the Kaingang and Xokleng tribes, later followed by the Guarani tribe. The first European to visit the region, Sebastian Cabot, discovered Apipé Falls while navigating the Paraná River in December 1527. In 1541 Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca reached the Iguazú ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Argentina
Departments ( es, departamentos) form the second level of administrative division (below the provinces), and are subdivided in municipalities. They are extended in all of Argentina except for the Province of Buenos Aires and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the national capital, each of which has different administrative arrangements (respectively ''partidos'' and ''comunas''). Except in La Rioja, Mendoza, and San Juan Provinces, departments have no executive authorities or assemblies of their own. However, they serve as territorial constituencies for the election of members of the legislative bodies of most provinces. For example, in Santa Fe Province, each department returns one senator to the provincial senate. In Tucumán Province, on the other hand, where legislators are elected by zone (Capital, East, West) the departments serve only as districts for the organization of certain civil agencies, such as the police or the health system. There are 377 departments in all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papel Misionero Natural Cultural Reserve
The Papel Misionero Natural Cultural Reserve ( es, Reserva natural cultural Papel Misionero) is a natural cultural reserve in the Misiones Province of Argentina. Location The Papel Misionero Natural Cultural Reserve is from the town of El Soberbio, Misiones. It has an area of . It is a protected area with managed resources, administered by the Fundación Selva Misionera. The reserve is in the Alto Paraná Atlantic forests ecoregion. The land is privately owned, and visitors are not allowed. It would be part of the proposed Trinational Biodiversity Corridor, which aims to provide forest connections between conservation units in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina in the Upper Paraná ecoregion. History The land was acquired by the Papel Misionero company in 1978. The Papel Misionero Natural Cultural Reserve was created in 1994. The objective is to protect a mature forest and a community of Guaraní people. It was formalized by provincial law 3.256 of 1995. In 1996 it was made part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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