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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] |
Paraná River
The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. 26 May. 2012 . "Rio de la Plata". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. 26 May. 2012 Among South American rivers, it is second in length only to the Amazon River. It merges with the Paraguay River and then farther downstream with the Uruguay River to form the Río de la Plata and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The first European to go up the Paraná River was the Venetian explorer Sebastian Cabot, in 1526, while working for Spain. A drought hit the river in 2021, causing a 77-year low. Etymology In eastern South America there is "an immense number of river names containing the element ''para-'' or ''parana-''", f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nogoyá Department
Nogoyá is a department of the province of Entre Ríos (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 is the eighth smallest province with an area of and the seventh least populated, with 39 026 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. It is bordered to the west by the Diamante department, to the north by the Paraná and Villaguay departments, to the south by the Victoria and Gualeguay departments and to the east by the Tala department. The department is crossed by the Nogoyá stream. According to the methodology used by the INDEC for the 1991, 2001 and 2010 censuses, the Nogoyá department comprised 8 localities: Aranguren, Betbeder or Villa Matilde, Don Cristóbal (in the jurisdiction of Don Cristóbal 2 °), Febre, Hernández, Lucas González, Nogoyá, XX ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gualeguay, Entre Ríos
Gualeguay is a city in the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina, on the Gualeguay River, about 226 km from the provincial capital Paraná and 234 km north-west from Buenos Aires. It has a population of about 39,000 inhabitants as per the . It should not be confused with Gualeguaychú (another city, 86 km away). Gualeguay was founded on March 20, 1783, by a military surveyor, Tomás de Rocamora, sent by the Viceroy of the Río de la Plata, Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo. Rocamora was also the official founder of Gualeguaychú and Concepción del Uruguay and the one who named the province ''Entre Ríos'' ("Between Rivers"). The new village received the name of San Antonio de Gualeguay because it was under the protection of St. Anthony. Gualeguay was the birthplace of post-impressionist painter Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós and anthropologist Juan Bautista Ambrosetti (both among the best-known Argentines in their fields), as well as Jorge Burruchaga, a football pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islas Del Ibicuy Department
The Islas del Ibicuy Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento Islas del Ibicuy'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It is the ninth largest in the province with 4,500 km2 and the least populated, with 12,077 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. Localities *Ceibas * Médanos, Entre Ríos * Ñancay * Puerto Ibicuy *Villa Paranacito Villa Paranacito is a town in the southeast corner of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina, head town of the Islas del Ibicuy Departament. It is located in the third section of the delta at the heart of the low-lying Ibicuy Islands in the Paran ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Islas del Ibicuy Department Departments of Entre Ríos Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazo Largo
Brazo Largo is a village in the municipality of Villa Paranacito in the Islas del Ibicuy department in Entre Ríos Province in north-eastern Argentina. There is a railway station some 8 km west of the village, along the General Urquiza Railway The General Urquiza Railway (FCGU) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril General Urquiza), named after the Argentine general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, is a standard gauge railway of Argentina which runs approximately northwards from Buenos Aire .... References Populated places in Entre Ríos Province {{EntreRíosAR-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talavera Island
Talavera may refer to: Battles * Battle of Talavera de la Reina, Spain, an 1809 battle of the Peninsular War * Battle of Talavera de la Reina (1936), during the Spanish Civil War People * Talavera (surname), list of people with this name * Talavera Vernon Anson (1809-1895), Royal Navy Admiral Places * Talavera District, a district in Andahuaylas, Peru * Talavera, Nueva Ecija, a municipality in Nueva Ecija, Philippines Spain * Talavera de la Reina, a municipality of the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha * Talavera la Nueva, an EATIM part of the municipality of Talavera de la Reina * Talavera la Real, a municipality in Badajoz, Extremadura * Talavera, Lleida, a municipality in Segarra, Catalonia Sports * Talavera CF, an association football club based in Talavera de la Reina, active 1948–2010 * Talavera FS, a futsal club based in Talavera de la Reina, founded 1990 * UD Talavera, an association football club based in Talavera de la Reina, founded 1993 Other uses * HMS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceibas
Ceibas is a village and municipality in Entre Ríos Province in north-eastern 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 is split in two halves by Ruta Nacional 12, while Ruta Nacional 14 (Argentina's main road to Brazil) starts here. The village is totally dominated by this large and important highway junction. Ceibas is a diverse area mostly consisting savannah g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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