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National Route 120 (Argentina)
National Route 120 is a national road in Argentina, running NW in Corrientes. It starts at the joining with National Route 14, north of the town of Gobernador Virasoro and runs for until it connects to National Route 12 east of Ituzaingó. The road is marked in red in the map. Previously this road was known as Provincial Route 38 and changed to national jurisdiction in an agreement between Dirección Nacional de Vialidad and the provincial transport authorities, signed by Law # 5152 of Corrientes Province on 3 April 1997 The whole length of the road is within Corrientes Province, crossing through Santo Tomé Department and Ituzaingó Department. Old road In previous times there was a road with this number on the West of Corrientes Province.Rutas Nacionales - Centro Cartográfico Buenos Aires - década de 1970 With a length of , it ran eastwards from the city of Goya Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 174616 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobernador Virasoro
Gobernador Virasoro (formally ''Gobernador Ingeniero Valentín Virasoro'') is a city in the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It had about 30,000 inhabitants at the . The city lies in the north-east of the province, 64 km north from the city of Santo Tomé and 90 km from Posadas, Misiones, on National Route 14. The Iberá Wetlands are located 80 km to the west. Gobernador Virasoro as such was founded on 23 September 1926. The original settlement, called Villa Vuelta del Ombú since the time the Jesuits established a ranch there, was renamed in homage to Valentín Virasoro ''Valentín'' is a 2002 Argentine- French-Italian drama film written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film features Rodrigo Noya as Valentín and Carmen Maura as the grandmother. Director Alejandro Agresti also stars as Valentín's fathe ..., a field engineer who measured terrains and studied the Iberá lagoon and wetlands working for the provincial government. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ituzaingó, Corrientes
Ituzaingó is a city in Corrientes Province, Argentina. The Yacyretá Dam The Yacyretá Dam or Jasyretâ-Apipé Hydroelectric Power Station (from Guaraní ''jasy retã'', "land of the moon") is a dam and hydroelectric power plant built over the waterfalls of Jasyretâ-Apipé in the Paraná River, between the Paraguay ... is nearby. Climate References External links * Municipal website Populated places in Corrientes Province Cities in Argentina Argentina Corrientes Province {{Corrientes-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Corrientes Province
Corrientes (, ‘currents’ or ‘streams’; gn, Taragui), officially the Province of Corrientes ( es, Provincia de Corrientes; gn, Taragüí Tetãmini) is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by (from the north, clockwise): Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco. History Before the arrival of the Spanish conquest, the Kaingang, Charrua and Guaraní lived in a big area that also covered most of the current province of Corrientes. The city of Corrientes was founded on April 3, 1588 by Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón as a mid-stop between Asunción and Buenos Aires; the city flourished thanks to the traffic from the route. Jesuits erected missions in the north of the province, where they dedicated themselves to the expansion of the faith. In the wars of independence from Spain, Corrientes joined Artigas' ''Liga de los Pueblos Libres'' (1814–1820). The attack of Para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 14 (Argentina)
The Ruta Nacional 14 General José Gervasio Artigas (Decree Law 26859/10 jun 2013) is a major road in Argentina. It has its starting point in the small city of Ceibas, in the Entre Ríos province. Route 14 diverges from Ruta Nacional 12, following the río Uruguay coast and ending in the city of Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones. It is one of the most transited roads of the country, mainly because of tourists going to Brazil and Uruguay, and because it receives most of the former's trade. The road is being widened between Gualeguaychú and Paso de los Libres.La "ruta de la muerte" se transformará en autopista Clarín, 21/05/2006 Almost the entire route is fully pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 12 (Argentina)
National Route 12 (RN12) is a road in Argentina, connecting the northeast section to the rest of the country. It runs through the provinces of Misiones, Corrientes, Entre Ríos and Buenos Aires. Starting south of the city of Zárate in Buenos Aires Province, and crossing the Paraná River, through the Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge, continues to the provincial capitals of Paraná, Corrientes and Posadas, ending at the Fraternity Bridge, in the city of Puerto Iguazú, bordering with Brazil. The road continues within Brazil as BR-469. Its length of , is fully paved. In the Zárate - Ceibas section, the road is a wide, 4-lane highway. Before the opening of the Zárate - Brazo Largo bridge, on 14 December 1977. cars had to cross the Paraná de las Palmas and Paraná Guazú rivers by barge. The section between the rivers, in Talavera Island, was a treated, unpaved road. Construction on the second lane (widening) on the section between Brazo Largo and Ceibas (km markers 115 to 160) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Tomé Department, Corrientes
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Ituzaingó Department, Corrientes , Argentine football club based in Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires
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Ituzaingó may refer to: * Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires, a city in Argentina * Ituzaingó, Corrientes, a city in Argentina * Ituzaingó, Montevideo, a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay * Ituzaingó, Santa Fe, a town in Argentina * Ituzaingó, Uruguay, a town of San José, Uruguay * Ituzaingó Department, a department of the province of Corrientes in Argentina * Battle of Ituzaingó, a battle fought in 1827 in the vicinity of the Santa Maria river, southern Brazil * Club Atlético Ituzaingó Club Atlético Ituzaingó is an Argentine football club based in Ituzaingó, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya, Corrientes
Goya is a city in the south-west of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 77,349 inhabitants as of the . The city lies on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, opposite Reconquista, Santa Fe, 218 kilometres south from the provincial capital (Corrientes) and 715 kilometres north-northwest from Buenos Aires. Goya hosts the annual National Festival of the Surubí, which includes a fishing contest. The surubí is a popular large catfish of the Paraná. Origin of its name and history The city of Goya originated from the purchase of land at the site by Gregoria Morales and her husband, Bernardo Olivera, in 1771. The city does not have foundation act and, in agreement with the oral tradition, its name is owed to the enterprising Gregoria Morales' nickname: Doña Goya. Following the couple's settlement in the proximities of the present "costanera" (riverfront), she opened a general store upon her arrival, and per historian José M. Cabrer, tradition hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Roads In Corrientes Province
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